Melanie Hart

Melanie is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Group at UK law firm Kingsley Napley. She advises on a broad range of corporate, commercial and individual disputes. Representing her clients in litigation, arbitration and mediation. Much of her work is involved in ‘dispute avoidance’ and developing risk management solutions in order to identify and mitigate risk at an early stage. Melanie is known for giving highly commercial and practical advice which always focusses on her client’s key objectives, be they commercial, financial or reputational.

A significant part of her work centres on contentious Information Law matters including Intellectual Property disputes, contentious Data Protection advice, Cyber-Response, and Reputation Management.

Melanie also act for individuals and families in contentious trusts and probate matters, shareholder and succession disputes, and disputes sitting at the intersection of personal and corporate lives.

An Immediate Past Vice Chair of The Law Society's Civil Justice Committee tasked with reviewing and promoting improvements to civil justice, she is also a Lay Observer. Lay Observers are appointed by the Secretary of State under the Criminal Justice Act to provide independent oversight of how persons detained in court cells and court transport vehicles are cared for and ensured proper access to justice.

Melanie is a fluent(ish) German speaker (raised bilingually although sadly does not get to use it much these days) and studied part of her degree at Trier Universität.

She lives in East London with her ever patient fiance Toby and not too far from her identical twin sister, Sarah Boddey (also an IWF member!).