practice areas

Civil Litigation including chancery and common law.

Family, land and planning.

Company and commercial, including local company share sale and purchases.

professional qualifications

• Manx Bar Exams - 1990
• Admitted as a Commissioner for Oaths - 1991
• Admitted as Notary Public - Sept 1995
• Qualified as a Resolution Mediator
• Institute of Directors Diploma in Directorship

academic qualifications

• BA HONs from UEA
• Diploma in Librarianship
• Diploma in Law and Barrister (Grays Inn) - 1988

achievements and associations

• Chairperson of the Isle of Man branch of the Institute of Directors
• Librarian in Attorney General’s Chambers, where she introduced the Manx Law Bulletin and organised publication of Manx Law Reports.
• Won the George Johnson Law Prize - 1989

practice areas

Commercial property, information technology, trust, planning, local government, commercial, company litigation

professional qualifications

• Admitted to Manx Bar - Jan 1978
• Admitted as a Commissioner for Oaths - Sept 1986
• Admitted as Notary Public - Sept 1986

academic qualifications

• Bachelor of Law (Hons) 2:1 (Birmingham University) – 1974

achievements and associations

• Was member of the Rent and Rating Tribunal Panel

professional qualifications

• Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Certificate in International Trust Management - 2007
• International Diploma in Trust Law & Creation - 2007

achievements and associations

• Associate Member of the Council of ICSA IOM
• Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ACIS) - 1999
• Associate of the Institute of Bankers (ACIB) - 1984

practice areas

Trust and company law, drafting, advice and administration.

professional qualifications

• South African Attorneys Exams - 1986
• Isle of Man Registered Legal Practitioner

academic qualifications

• BA (Wits)
• LLB (Wits)
• Admitted as an Attorney of the Supreme Court of South Africa - 1986

achievements and associations

• Rotary 3 year scholarship
• Nomination for Transvaal Law Society Admissions Prize

practice areas

General Practice including wills, estates and foreign probates, Leases, Licensing, Commercial and Landlord & Tenant.

professional qualifications

• Admitted to the Manx Bar February 2011
• Postgraduate in Legal Practice (Distinction) - Manchester BPP, 2008

academic qualifications

• BA (Hons) (2:1) - University of Wales, Aberystwyth 1990
• Graduate Diploma in Law - Huddersfield University 

practice areas

Residential and commercial  conveyancing

Residential and commercial leases
Agricultural tenancy issues
Land Registration

professional qualifications

• Diploma N.P. (Cambridge)

academic qualifications

• LLB Hons (London)

practice areas

 Cathy has extensive experience  in all aspects of residential conveyancing, including re-mortgaging, deeds of surrender and release and applying for voluntary land registration.