Katie joined JMW in 2016 and is a Partner in the family team.

Katie has particular experience in:

  • Divorce and separation;
  • Financial settlements on divorce;
  • Variation of existing Court Orders including variation of on-going spousal maintenance;
  • Enforcement of existing Court Orders;
  • Pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements;
  • Applications for protection from domestic abuse including controlling and coercive behaviour;
  • Arrangements for children including the care arrangements for children, specific issues such as schooling and cases involving allegations of domestic abuse;
  • Financial claims on behalf of children.

Katie provides clear and firm advice in a supportive and compassionate way and consistently makes strategic decisions to achieve the end goal.

Katie is a recommended Children Lawyer in Doyles Guide 2025 and Chambers and Partner 2025 says “Katie is absolutely brilliant. She is clever, kind, considerate, really strategic and an absolutely class act. I cannot sing her praises highly enough. Katie Lowe is a very technically strong lawyer”.

Legal 500 2025 quotes “Katie Lowe is simply brilliant. Fantastically clever, kind, courteous, engaged, and an absolute pleasure to work with. She specialises in the most complex cases and will find a way through.’

Chambers and Partners 2023 says Katie is "an excellent lawyer and a hard worker who gets results. "Katie is unflappable and good on the details. Chambers and Partners 2022 includes one client report stating that Katie “has an excellent ability to identify everything crucial. She is very good at making the right judgement calls."

Legal 500 2022 says “Katie Lowe has considerable expertise across both children and financial remedy law. She displays a particular aptitude for handling difficult clients in a calm and measured manner”. In the 2019 Legal 500 Katie was described as being ‘professional, personable and competent’.

Katie has contributed to various legal publications, delivered lectures to other family law practitioners and also contributed to the Resolution Case Law Handbook.

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