Year of Call: 1979
Year of Silk: 1995

Profile

In 1980 Catherine began practice at 13 Old Square (now Maitland Chambers) with a first in law and a major Inn scholarship. She is recommended by Chambers UK Directory in commercial Chancery, traditional Chancery, insolvency, civil fraud, company and partnership, she is also listed as a leading silk by Chambers Global in dispute resolution and by The Legal 500 in commercial litigation, company, insolvency and partnership.

Catherine's practice includes civil fraud, asset tracing, trusts, joint ventures, partnership and insolvency as well as real property work in England and offshore.  Much of her work covers several disciplines and jurisdictions.  She has advised fund managers in relation to exits from underperforming sections of a UK hedge fund structured as an LLP, and acted for stranded investors in a failed BVI based hedge fund with a complex management structure.

In November 2005 Catherine led the team acting for the English Creditors’ Committee of BCCI SA in the private application to the Chancellor which immediately preceded the discontinuance of the Liquidators’ litigation against the Bank of England. She acts for the English creditors and the Luxembourg liquidators in relation to the closure of the liquidation of BCCI and has appeared for them in the Tribunal de Commerce in Luxembourg.  She was Leading Counsel to the DTI Inspectors in the inquiry into the flotation of Mirror Group plc.

Catherine has prosecuted in the Insolvency Practitioners’ Disciplinary Tribunal, acts as an arbitrator and is an accredited mediator.  On 1st January 2005 she became the Chairman of the Inns of Court and Bar Educational Trust in succession to Sir Donald Rattee.

Notable Cases
Revenue & Customs Commissioners v Noorasa Begum (Representative Of The Estate Of Mohammed Kamal Uddin) (2010)
Liquidators of Madoff Securities International v Yacht Bull Corp & Financier Meeschaert SA [2010]
Howell & Ors (Trustees of the Joicey Settlements) v Marcus Lees-Millais & Ors (2009)
JD Wetherspoon PLC v Van de Berg & Co Ltd [2009]
John David Curtis v Lockheed Martin UK Holdings Ltd [2008]
Gamlestaden Fastigheter AB v Baltic Partners Limited & Ors [2007]
J D Wetherspoon PLC v Van De Berg & Co Ltd [2007]
Apex Frozen Foods Ltd (In Liquidation) v Abdul Ali [2007]
Hill (As Trustee In Bankruptcy Of Nurkowski) v Spread Trustee Company Ltd & Anor [2006]
Mahme Trust v Lloyds TSB Bank PLC (2004)
GE Capital Commercial Finance Ltd v Sutton (2004)
Somerset-Leeke & Anor v Kay Trustees & Anor (2004)
Mahme Trust v Tayeb (2002)
(1) Michael Bernand Worwood (2) Paul Edward Pike v (1) Leisure Merchandising Services Ltd (2) Nice Man Merchandising Inc & 7 ORS (2001)
Profinance Trust SA v Gladstone (2001)
Duer v Frazer (2000)
Lindstrom v Lewis (2000)
Mahomed v Morris (2000)
Satnam Investments Ltd v Dunlop Heywood & Ors (1998)
Re Hamlet International PLC (1998)
Transit Casualty Co v The Policyholders' Protection Board (1991)
Hazell v Hammersmith & Fulham LBC (1991)
Barclays Bank PLC v Hammersmith LBC (1991)

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Memberships
Catherine is a Lay Member of the Council of University College London.

She is a member of the Chancery Bar Association, COMBAR, ACTAPS and the Professional Negligence Bar Association.

Qualifications
LLB Hons (Lond) First Class

Chambers Global
Commercial (Lit.): Chancery Courts:"measured delivery wins her many supporters." Company: "Wins over the court with her unswerving belief in the merits of her case." Insolvency/Corporate Recovery

Chambers UK
Chancery (Commercial): "...enjoys an "excellent reputation" among peers." Chancery (Traditional): "is known to be one of the best litgators and cross-examiners around." Company: "Tenacious, able and confident" Insolvency/Corp Recovery: "well-respected silk" Partnership: "user-friendly and superb"; "robust and feisty" (2008); "Highly effective courtroom style."

UK Legal 500
Partnership: "Deadly in cross-examination." Commercial litigation, Company and Insolvency.

Legal Experts 2008
Commercial litigation, Company, Insolvency and corporate recovery, Partnership