Catherine is a partner in the Commercial Dispute Resolution team. Catherine’s key areas of work are contract disputes and commercial litigation. She studied law at the University of Exeter and also completed the Legal Practice Course there, before training with the firm and qualifying as a solicitor in 2005.

Catherine has helped clients to resolve disputes arising out of various different types of contracts, including share sale and purchase agreements, distribution agreements, supply contracts and IT contracts. Other types of dispute that she assists clients with include professional negligence claims, cyber fraud disputes, disputes arising out of financial services and defamation claims. She also assists clients with disputes involving an international element.

Catherine has acted for business clients in a range of different sectors, from finance and manufacturing to technology and professional services. She also has a strong track record in cross-border litigation.

Examples of her recent work includes:

• Acting on behalf of business clients in relation to breach of contract/warranty claims arising out of the sale of a business
• Helping companies to resolve disputes with shareholders and directors
• Assisting business clients
• Advising business clients in relation to the termination of distribution agreements with overseas businesses
• Helping clients to obtain compensation for negligence on the part of their former solicitors and accountants
• Helping clients to obtain payment in circumstances where there are substantial unpaid invoices and disputes over the quality of the goods/services supplied
• Assisting clients in pursuing and defending defamation claims arising out of postings on social media
• Helping business clients to resolve disputes arising out of IT contracts
• Advising business and individual clients who have been the victim of cyberfraud, including invoice and cryptocurrency scams

Catherine is a director of South West Business Council C.I.C. and is also a member of the Devon Young Enterprise Volunteer Group.

In her spare time Catherine keeps fit by running and going to the gym. She enjoys walking on Dartmoor and along the beautiful and varied coastlines of Devon, Cornwall and Dorset.