Biography

Kat Kinch is an associate practising in the family law, health law and professional regulation groups at Harper Grey. She served as a judicial law clerk at the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver prior to articling with our firm. 

Education

• McMaster University - Bachelor of Arts  and Science (Hons), 2001
• University of British Columbia - LL.B., 2004

Bar Admission

• British Columbia, 2006

Leadership

• Board of Directors, UBC Law Alumni Association
• Co-founder, Junior Family Lawyers Discussion Group
• Member - Canadian Bar Association - BC Branch, Family Law Subsection
• Litigation Volunteer in Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence  (SWUAV) v. Attorney General (Canada) (BC Supreme Court and Court of Appeal) and in the intervention of SWUAV, PACE and Pivot Legal Society in Bedford v. Canada (Ontario Court of Appeal)
  

Awards & Recognition

• Recognized as one of Canada's "Best and Brightest" university scholars by Maclean's Magazine in 2004
• Named the best all-round graduating student at UBC Law in 2004
• Designated a Wesbrook Scholar by UBC in 2004

Client Work

• Advising and acting for physicians with legal issues arising from independent medical assessments they have conducted, medical-legal opinions they have provided and situations in which they are involved as witnesses in their patient's legal matters. This has included obtaining a dismissal of a case against a physician who provided a report (dismissal for failure to disclose a reasonable cause of action)
• Representing family law clients by appearing in the Supreme Court of British Columbia for chambers applications, including successfully resolving entire cases with summary trial applications, obtaining interim orders for support, cancelling liens against property, and obtaining financial documents
• Negotiating agreements between separating spouses in many types of cases, including those involving contested parenting schedules, corporate interests, complex income scenarios, shorter and longer relationships and third party interests
• Assisting an individual called as a witness at a public inquiry
• Working as counsel in civil and criminal cases involving novel areas of law, investigations, high profile matters and constitutional issues, including R. v. Blackmore and Oler
  

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