Cornerstone Barristers

Administrative and public law; social housing; Court of Protection.

Catherine is a public law specialist with special expertise in housing, care and related issues. She represents local authorities in particular, dealing with complex cases relating to homelessness and allocations, children in need, possession claims and judicial review of decisions of local authorities.

Her recent cases have included challenges to the decisions of local authorities as to the care given to applicants with no recourse to public funds and in urgent cases; ground-breaking appeals to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal on the question of vulnerability in the context of homelessness, and County Court appeals on the application of that caselaw; the law relating to assessments of age disputed minors; public law defences to possession claims; challenges to the effectiveness of Notices to Quit.

Catherine regularly appears in the Court of Protection and advises on ordinary residence disputes between local authorities. Her reported cases include the leading authorities on successions, human rights and joint tenancies, and costs in judicial review cases.

She was called to the Bar in 1992 (Gray’s Inn). Recorder.

French, German.

Social Housing Law Association (SHLA); Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA).

Stocksbridge School; King’s College London; Université de Paris I (1991 LLB (Hons) 2(1), Maitrise en droit privé, mention bien).

Walking, travel.