About Catherine
Catherine is a Partner in the Media Disputes team.
Catherine’s practice includes complex disputes in the media sector, a specialism she has focused on for her entire career, and she has a recognised expertise in defamation and privacy.
She supports clients with intellectual property disputes, challenges to registered trade marks, performance rights issues, management disputes, corporate contractual disputes and matters of professional negligence and breaches of fiduciary duties, and also advises on reputation management.
Catherine acts for a range of high profile clients from the media and corporate sectors, including performers, musicians and independent record and publishing labels.
She has significant expertise in Court of Protection matters, including the practice and procedures of the Court; and was an appointed professional Deputy.
Catherine is a member of the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers.
She is recognised by Legal 500 as a Recommended Lawyer, and by Chambers and Partners as a Ranked Lawyer for Music: Contentious.
Work highlights
- Advising a high profile creative on intellectual property rights in their ‘character’ following use of the same by a third party, and obtaining a favourable and expedited settlement of the dispute.
- Acting for the Estate of an iconic and hugely respected musician and songwriter.
- Advising an individual on reputation management matters arising from proceedings which attracted media attention.
- Advising a performer on sensitive and high profile reputation management matters.
- Advising a promoter on a dispute with a well-known musician.