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Catrin John

Catrin John

Work Department

Child care; matrimonial finance; mental health.

Position

Catrin practises primarily in the area of family law and is a well regarded practitioner often conducting complex cases alongside and against leading counsel.

She has predominantly been instructed to represent Local Authorities and Children’s Guardians in complex cases involving serious sexual and physical abuse of children and has earned a reputation for being well prepared and robust.

Catrin has appeared in lengthy trials on alleged non-accidental injuries and issues of parenting impaired by mental or fabricated illness.

She is also Instructed by Local Authorities in cases under the Mental Health Act such as the displacement of a nearest relative.

Career

Call: 1992; Gray’s Inn

Former Circuit junior on Wales and Chester Circuit

Memberships

Family Law Bar Association

Education

Inns of Court School of Law Cardiff University (LLB); Penyrheol Comprehensive School, Swansea

Leisure

Occassional gym, travel.

Mentions

Wales and Chester Circuit • Regional Bar

Family: children and domestic abuse

Leading junior1
Catrin John – 30 Park Place Chambers 'Catrin is always extremely well-prepared. She is very easy to instruct and communicates well with instructing solicitors before, during and after hearings. She is an accomplished advocate who gets her point across very well.'