St John's Buildings

Family - Children

Catherine's area of practice is Family Law and encompasses all aspects of the law relating to children in both public and private proceedings.

Catherine undertakes work for local authorities, parents and children (whether directly or by their Guardians). She has significant experience of public law cases involving a wide range of issues including complex medical evidence relating to non-accidental injury and cases involving serious sexual abuse. Catherine regularly deals with cases involving issues of significant neglect, domestic violence, substance misuse, mental health and allegations of physical and emotional harm.

In private law proceedings Catherine’s practice has included residence/ child arrangement applications involving sexual abuse or domestic violence, intractable contact disputes involving emotional abuse, injunction applications and international relocation.  Catherine also has experience in cases involving the enforcement of child arrangement orders.

Catherine read Law at the University of Leeds and was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 2004.