Local Government & Public Law

Human Rights

Catriona has a flourishing civil liberties, she is currently instructed in ECHR claims, actions against the police, prisons, local authorities and the NHS. Catriona offers expertise in complex mental-health related issues and is developing a niche practice in the emerging field of misuse of private information claims.

Public Inquiries & Inquests

For eighteen months Catriona was legal assistant to HHJ Michael Topolski QC on The Baha Mousa Inquiry, representing Corporal Payne, the first British soldier to be convicted of a war crime. She assisted in drafting submissions to the Chairman on a range of legal and military matters including the appropriate standard of proof in Public Inquiries.

Catriona is currently instructed in a lengthy Article 2 Inquest, dealing with the death of a vulnerable young man following his investigation and arrest by the police. Catriona represented the family at a two-day hospital death inquest with complex medical and human rights issues.

Selected Cases

Coroners Courts

  • Re: Parker (2018)
  • Re: O’Connor (2017)
  • Re: Stankey (2012)
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