Senior Associate
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Kate Saunders is a Senior Associate Solicitor in our Dispute Resolution team, specialising in Wills, Trusts and Estates disputes.
With a background in private client work before focusing exclusively on contentious matters, Kate is regarded as a “safe pair of hands” by both clients and professionals. She is known for her personable and empathetic style, offering transparent advice in what is often a highly sensitive and emotive area of law. Whether securing a settlement or representing clients through to a final hearing, she ensures they remain fully involved and informed throughout.
Kate provides clear, pragmatic, and client-focused advice to help navigate complex inheritance and trust disputes. She has extensive experience representing clients at mediation and in court proceedings, always with an emphasis on achieving cost-effective, practical outcomes.
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Kate joined Flint Bishop in September 2025, having previously worked at Lupton Fawcett, IDR Law, and Irwin Mitchell. With over 20 years of experience in the legal sector, she qualified as a solicitor in 2013 and has since developed broad expertise across the full spectrum of contentious probate and trust disputes.
Her work includes disputes over funeral arrangements, challenges to the validity of Wills and lifetime transactions, claims for financial provision under the Inheritance Act, and complex high net worth estate matters. She also advises on trustee and executor disputes, equitable trust issues, promised asset and proprietary estoppel claims, misappropriation of assets, trust and tax disputes, and rectification of drafting errors. Kate has represented a wide range of clients, from individuals to trust corporations, and has acted in cases heard at the Royal Courts of Justice, some resulting in published judgments.
She is an associate member of ACTAPS (the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists) and a member of ConTrA (the Contentious Trusts Association), reflecting her commitment to maintaining the highest standards in this specialist field. Kate places a strong emphasis on client care, building trust, and delivering clear, practical solutions.
Testimonial
“I can confidently recommend Kate Saunders for dealing with litigation in trust disputes. She assisted me in my claim against a fellow trustee for not co-operating in administering the Trust. Kate’s expertise in the legal principles and detailed understanding of the Court process enabled an efficient conclusion with the Court taking the decision and awarding costs on a full indemnity basis against the other trustee. Kate has a sharp mind and was able to clearly establish the legal principles and advise on the best course of action to obtain the outcome I needed.
As the matter progressed Kate kept me fully appraised of the process and kept the costs under control with regular and transparent invoicing. With Kate’s management of the case I was in no doubt that the Court would give us the decision that we set out to achieve. Whilst High Court litigation is never undertaken lightly, my experience in this case shows that with the support of Kate Saunders, the case proceeded with the least stress possible and achieved a very successful outcome. Thank you.”
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Chartered Accountant
“Kate is efficient, pragmatic and sensitive to the needs of her clients and the idiosyncrasies of opponents. It is the perfect combination for contentious trusts and probate work (if not all litigation). She is exceedingly warm and friendly. This not only makes her easy to work with in a team, but frequently disarms opponents and leads to achieving great results for her clients. From the perspective of counsel, Kate is the dream instructing solicitor – organised, responsive, knowledgeable, and simply a pleasure to work with.”
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Barrister
“Thank you and your colleagues for all the hard work put forward into finally being able to reach conclusion in the estate of my late brother Malcolm. I am truly grateful to you all and the professional way everything was managed. Thank you Kate. It has been an absolute pleasure to work with you.”
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Private Client
“I have known Kate Saunders who worked with IDR Law, for 5 years after my late husband passed away. Even though she is now with Lupton Fawcett, I followed her to her new company. She is not just a lawyer, she educated me about litigation law and really made sure she understood my difficult situation. Kate is very helpful and has a kind heart. Kate has a very high level of expertise and lots of experience. So whenever Kate is I will always follow her. Success always Kate.”
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Private Client
“Five years ago, after the very sad death of a beloved father, my sibling shocked me to the core. I received a letter from a firm of solicitors accusing me of all sorts of things that were untrue. Of course this was deeply distressing. From my very first contact with Kate she was personable, warm and reassuring whilst being completely professional. She was a very safe pair of hands in extremely choppy waters. The experience was profoundly challenging and I needed the knowledgeable support from Kate which I received unfalteringly always with empathy and humanity. I highly recommend her.”
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