Katie Walden

Criminal

Katie is a CPS Level 2 Panel member for General Crime and Serious Crime.

She has developed a broad criminal practice, both prosecuting and defending a range of offences including violent offences, controlling and coercive behaviour, possession of weapons, possession and supply of drugs, dishonesty offences and dangerous dogs. She has conducted trials in the Magistrates and Crown Courts. She has also acted in applications for sexual risk orders and criminal behaviour orders.

R v MG [2024]: Made a successful submission of no case to answer on behalf of a defendant found in his car with Class A drugs and charged with PWITS.

R v JN [2024]: Defended one of 7 defendants in a joint enterprise robbery trial. All others entered guilty pleas before trial. The defendant was acquitted.

R v JH [2023]: Prosecuted a PWITS Class B case involving 240 pills found in the defendant’s possession at Creamfields Festival. The defendant received 30 months immediate custody.

R v CM [2023]: Represented a defendant in POCA proceedings and negotiated an agreement that reduced the defendant’s benefit amount by over £120,000.

R v RD [2023]: Following an affray trial where the defendant admitted brandishing a knife, Katie secured an acquittal having advanced an argument of self-defence.

R v DB [2023]: Secured a suspended sentence for a defendant convicted of possession of a knife and affray.

Inquests and Public Inquiries

During pupillage, Katie observed and assisted counsel representing a mother and father in a 3 day inquest where a finding of neglect was made against a doctor in the Coroners Court.

Associations

Criminal Bar Association

Advocate (Barrister Member)

Education

LLB Law with International Law and Globalisation, University of Birmingham

Bar Practice Course LLM, University of Law

Awards

Major Scholarship, Middle Temple

Semi-finalist, UK and Ireland Rounds, Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court

Prescribed Information

Katie Walden is a practising barrister, who is regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Details of information held by the BSB about Katie can be found here.

Katie’s clerks will happily provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that she provides. Their contact details can be found here. It is most common for Katie to undertake Court and Tribunal work for either a fixed fee or brief fee plus additional refresher days. Helen accepts instructions on legal aid rates where those are available, details of which can be found here. For advisory work, paperwork and conferences it is most commonly charged at an hourly rate, although fixed fees may be available depending on the circumstances. Katie will typically return paperwork within 10-14 days, however professional commitments, complexity and volume of documentation can affect these approximate timescales. Shorter timescales can be accommodated, please notify Katie’s clerk at the time of instructing if this is required.