Park Square Barristers

Criminal & Regulatory & Public

Crime

Ranked in Chambers and Partners (2025) and Tier 1 for Crime in The Legal 500 (2025).

Catherine Silverton is a criminal specialist with over 20 years of experience. She defends and prosecutes in some of the most serious and high-profile cases in the Crown Court, including homicide, firearms, drugs, fraud, sexual offences and violence.

Catherine is regularly instructed as a leading junior, often in cases where her opponent is in silk.

Catherine is an advocacy trainer, was pupil supervisor to two of the most talented juniors on circuit and sits as a Crown Court Recorder.

Catherine undertakes work on both a Legal Aid and a private basis.

Regulatory & Public

Catherine is an experienced advocate who was recommended in the 2025 editions of The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. She has a background in general crime, much of which involved the prosecution or defence of financial offences, and has experience in a multitude of regulatory and disciplinary areas.

She has been involved in cases brought by many specialist prosecuting authorities, including the Department for Trade and Industry (now BIS), HMRC, the Food Standards Agency, the Environment Agency and the Child Support Agency. She has prosecuted on behalf of the Department of Work and Pensions since 2002, both as sole counsel and as junior.

Catherine has appeared as a leading junior in a complex and wide-reaching case involving breach of VOSA regulations alongside other offences of fraud.

In early 2014, she was involved in a multi-handed large-scale fraud prosecuted by the Trading Standards Agency.

Catherine has had involvement with the Police Federation in her capacity defending a serving police officer from the Metropolitan Police Service for offences of grooming and indecent assault.

Catherine also has experience of appearing at the Coroner's Court.

Public Access

Catherine may accept Public Access work, where she can be instructed directly by a member of the public rather than a solicitor.

Call 2001

Appointments: 2018 Appointed Recorder

RASSO Panel

2002 North Eastern CircuitCriminal Bar Association

1999International

1999 University of Newcastle, BA (Hons) English Literature (2:1)

2000 College of Law, York, PGDip Law

2001 College of Law, Chancery Lane, BVC (‘very competent’)