Karen Watson

Knowledge Lawyer (Family & Divorce) @Farrer & Co

London, GB

Karen supports the Family & Divorce team with technical know-how, legal research, training, practice development and legal technology.Prior to becoming a Knowledge Lawyer, Karen advised clients on a broad range of family law issues, including high value financial claims on divorce, arrangements for children, nuptial agreements and cohabitation disputes. Karen\'s cases often involved multiple jurisdictions, complex asset structures, offshore trusts and valuable business interests. She has particular experience of international children cases, including applications to relocate children abroad and cases involving the 1980 and 1996 Hague Conventions.Karen is a member of Resolution and the Family Law Knowledge Network. She has contributed to various legal publications and was recently quoted in Spear’s.Reported cases:JC v PC [2021] EWHC 2305K (A Child)(Stay of Return Order: Asylum Application)(Contact To A Parent In Self-Isolation)[2020] EWHC 2394 (Fam)NT v LT (Return to Russia)[2020] EWHC 1903 (Fam)

BPP Law School

LPC

University of Cambridge

BA Hons, Law