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

General company administration including formation of Manx 1931 companies and NMV companies.

Particular experience with transfer and redomiciliation of companies to and from the Isle of Man.

General trust administration 

Company compliance and health checks

practice areas

Trust and company law, drafting, advice and administration.

professional qualifications

• South African Attorneys Exams - 1986
• Isle of Man Registered Legal Practitioner
• Associate Member and Secretary to the Chartered Institute for Personnel Development

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 commerical, residential and commercial conveyancing, wills and estates, licensing.

professional qualifications

• Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice - College of Law, Guildford, 2006
• Manx Advocate 2009

academic qualifications

• Law LLB Hons (2:1) - University of Wales, Aberystwyth - 2005

achievements and associations

• Vice Chairperson and Mooting Secretary of the Young Lawyers Association 2008-2009
• Treasurer of the Young Lawyers Association 2007-2008
• Volunteer for the DHSS Tribunal Appeals Scheme 2007-2009 

practice areas

General Practice including wills, estates and foreign probates.  

professional qualifications

• Postgraduate in Legal Practice (Distinction) - Manchester BPP, 2008

academic qualifications

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