Katie Longmate

Spear’s Review

Katie Longmate was named as one of Spear’s rising stars in family law in 2017. After a working at Alexiou Fisher Philipps (now AFP Bloom) for over a decade, she joined Russell-Cooke Solicitors in January 2024. 

She advises across the full spectrum of family law but has developed a strong practice in international child relocation cases and those involving arrangements for children. Clients range from HNW professionals and international entrepreneurs to families of inherited wealth seeking to protect their position pre- or post-marriage, often by way of a marital agreement.

Clients have praised her assistance in ‘extremely emotional’ times, offering a service that combines ‘skill and professionalism’ with a ‘considerable but determined’ approach to seeing matters through to resolution. Longmate’s notable cases include Re L (Residence: Jurisdiction) and the Court of Appeal case of W (Children) regarding relocation.