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Katherine Tyler
Katherine is a legal director in the criminal litigation team where she specialises in criminal and regulatory cases with an ESG or Business and Human Rights focus. She is recognised as a Global Market Leader for Business and Human Rights Law by Chambers and Partners Global and is a founder and co-chair of the Business and Human Rights Practitioners’ Network. Katherine’s work in this field is complemented by her extensive experience of complex, cross-jurisdictional criminal matters.
ESG, Business and Human Rights and Modern slavery
Katherine has acted for clients in a wide range of criminal and regulatory investigations including in relation to allegations of modern slavery, money laundering and bribery and acted in internal investigations related to suspected human rights violations and environmental harm. Katherine advises NGOs and law firms on issues of corporate responsibility and liability for human rights abuses and environmental harm and has recently advised on a proposed mandatory UK human rights due diligence law. She is a regular commentator and speaker on issues of ESG, greenwashing and Business and Human Rights and a contributor to consultations convened by the UN Business and Human Rights Working Group. Katherine has been recognised by Chambers and Partners for Business & Human Rights Law - Global Market Leaders where she is ranked Band 3.
Extradition and Interpol
Katherine has significant experience representing requested persons and foreign governments in relation to extradition requests from both within and outside the EU. Her experience of government work gives her an insight that enables her to offer pragmatic and practical advice to clients. Katherine has a track record of defending persons subject to high profile, sensitive requests that are often politically motivated or part of a broader campaign against an individual. In such cases Katherine regularly works alongside colleagues in our International Protection team to assist clients and to deliver the careful, strategic management such cases require. Katherine is ranked Band 2 in Chambers UK 2024: Extradition.
Publications, press highlights, speaking engagements & Blogs
- Developments in Regulatory and Private Action Against Greenwashing, Oxford Business Law, April 2023
- Environmentally conscious: avoiding corporate greenwashing, Financier Worldwide, February 2023
- Greenwashing in the High Street: announcement of an investigation into ASOS, Boohoo and ASDA (George) brings the Green Claims Code into the spotlight, September 2022
- Call to clamp down on ‘evil’ of modern slavery, Quoted in The Times, July 2022
- Katherine will be chairing a panel on corporate accountability for international crimes at Kingsley Napley’s cross-border conference on May 5th 2022
- Katherine will be chairing a panel on International ESG Issues at Matrix Chambers’ conference on 26th April 2022;
- Katherine speaks at BIICL’s forum on criminal liability for corporate human rights harms (December 2021);
- Katherine spoke with the DPP, Martin Adams QC and Amanda Pinto QC as part of the Law Commissions programme of lectures on the reform of corporate criminal liability (July 2021)
- Julian Assange could face extradition requests from two countries: What happens next? - Quoted in TIME, May 2019
- Briefs will always be in fashion - Quoted in The Times, February 2019
- Corporate and individual accountability for international crimes: Kingsley Napley hosts second International Criminal Law Conference - January 2019
- Good reason to reconsider the benefit of the doubt accorded to Russia in extradition cases - December 2018
- Business and Human Rights: Magnitsky clause now in force - February 2018
- Climate Change on Corporate Behaviour - Writes for The Law Society Gazette, June 2017
- Katherine is the co-author of the chapter on UK legislation and the approach of the UK courts to the litigation of corporations for human rights violations in the American Bar Association’s book “Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights Impacts: New Expectations and Paradigms.”
- Katherine co-authored the Extradition Chapter in Blackstones Criminal Practice 2013
- Katherine co-authors and regularly updates the Westlaw Insight articles on extradition
What clients and directories say
Chambers UK 2024 UK Extradition
Band 2
Chambers Global 2023: Business & Human Rights Law
Band 3
Professional Memberships and societies
- Member of the Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum (DELF)
- Member of the Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)
- Member of the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC)
- Member of Extradition Lawyers' Association (ELA)
Those who really understand BHR, but with a criminal law background, can marry the two – that is her strength."
Chambers Global 2023: Business & Human Rights Law
Katherine is an extremely diligent lawyer who understands the many nuances of the business and human rights field."
Chambers Global 2023: Business & Human Rights Law
"Katherine is approachable, proactive and a joy to work with."
Chambers Global 2023: Business & Human Rights Law
