Catherine practises predominantly in criminal law, with a particular focus on complex litigation, appellate advocacy and advisory work. She also maintains a practice in public law, commercial litigation and regulatory matters.
Catherine is regularly briefed in matters involving complex legal, evidentiary, pre-trial and appellate issues.
She appears for the defence in serious indictable matters in the Magistrates’, County and Supreme Courts of Victoria, and is experienced in conducting contested matters in VCAT and the Administrative Review Tribunal.
Catherine maintains a growing appellate practice and is currently briefed as junior counsel in a number of significant conviction appeals before the Court of Appeal. She was junior counsel, led by Dermot Dann KC, in Bangoura v The King [2024] VSCA 292, in which the Court of Appeal overturned convictions for rape and aggravated burglary.
Catherine has a strong advice practice and is regularly briefed to advise on complex criminal, appellate, public law and commercial matters. She also regularly provides pro bono advice in conviction appeal matters involving serious offences, including murder and rape.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Catherine spent ten years as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG Corporate Recovery. She has particular experience in matters involving complex financial evidence, insolvency, corporate misconduct, fraud, regulatory investigations and commercial disputes. This experience informs her practice in commercial litigation, corporate and white-collar crime, and regulatory proceedings, including ASIC, ATO, WorkSafe, HVNL and enterprise agreement prosecutions.
Before signing the Bar Roll, Catherine worked with Ruth Shann SC and Neil Clelland KC on complex litigation, including the successful defence of a major ACCC criminal cartel prosecution and a Medicare fraud prosecution involving 123 charges. She also practised as a criminal defence solicitor-advocate and served as Associate to a Judge of the County Court of Victoria.
Catherine read with Diana Price. Her senior mentors are Ruth Shann SC and Timothy Walker KC.
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