Melanie Hart

Melanie is a lawyer and Partner in the Dispute Resolution group at Kingsley Napley LLP where she advises clients in relation to a broad range of corporate, commercial and individual disputes. She is Immediate Past Vice Chair of The Law Society's Civil Justice Committee and a Lay Observer appointed by the Ministry of Justice.

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!).