Catherine acts on behalf of both claimants and defendants in clinical negligence and personal injury litigation. She also deals with solicitors’ negligence claims arising out of mismanaged clinical of personal injury litigation. She frequently undertakes high value and complex cases. She also has significant experience of disciplinary tribunal work, defending professionals before their regulatory body.
She is recommended in both legal directories for clinical negligence and is described as “excellent in mediations and very impressive in conference” by Chambers UK, 2021. According to Legal 500 2021 she “shows a determined and unrivalled drive to achieve the best for the client.”
From 2014 to 2017, Catherine was instructed in the Ian Paterson (breast surgeon) litigation which has recently settled. This large scale litigation (over 700 claimants) involved many diverse issues such as whether a private hospital was primarily and vicariously liable for the torts of a surgeon and whether the NHS owed a duty of care to patients in the private sector, or to the private sector hospital itself, to take action where there were indications of malpractice in respect of an employed surgeon.
Catherine prides herself on giving straightforward and to the point advice so that clients have a clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of their cases. She always considers it very important to understand the perspective of each individual client. She remembers that for many clients their case may be the only time they are involved in litigation. Catherine realizes the importance of resolving cases in a cost-effective manner for insurers. Having taken on any case, whatever its strengths or weaknesses, Catherine will fight hard to achieve the best possible outcome.
Called 1995; junior scholarship to Gray’s Inn.
French, Italian.
PNBA.
Ludlow College; King’s College, Cambridge (MA Cantab, Hurst Prize for Law); Lic Sp Dr Eur (Bxl).