Catherine Atkinson

Civil, Police and Criminal, Family

Catherine joined Chambers in 2008 after successful completion of her pupillage. She continues to enjoy a wide-ranging practice with particular interests in personal injury, employment, fraud and public family cases. Catherine's broad experience is invaluable in cases which cross over specialisms including; police work, criminal injury compensation cases, stress claims, inquest work and abuse cases. Catherine is a strong and confident court advocate while being approachable and pragmatic with clients. Catherine graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a First Class degree in Divinity before undertaking the law conversion at City University. She was awarded the Lincoln's Inn Gluckstein prize and was a Lord Haldane Scholar. Outside Chambers Catherine enjoys dancing, food and politics. She stood as the Labour Parliamentary Candidate in Kensington and Chelsea in 2005 and was a Councillor there from 2006-2010. Catherine is the secretary of the Society of Labour Lawyers. Catherine has been a contributing author to books in; occupational health, employment law and clinical negligence. She has also written articles on a wide range of topics from domestic violence and harassment to pirates.

University of Edinburgh (MA 2004) and City University, CPE 2005, BVC 2006 Lincolns Inn Gluckstein and Lord Haldane Scholar.