Homepage

Catherine Mason

Year of Call:

2000

Education:

Bolton School (Girls Division)
University of Leeds (BSc Honours in Mathematics)
Leeds Metropolitan University PGDip in Law
BPP Law School BVC

Career:

Prior to joining Sovereign Chambers had a varied commercial career mostly within large national and international corporations including some time in the pharmaceutical industry.
Pupillage followed by tenancy at Sovereign Chambers.

Prior to joining Sovereign Chambers Catherine had a varied commercial career mostly within large national and international corporations including some time in the pharmaceutical industry.

Catherine was pupil to Andrew Lewis QC, her civil practice consists primarily of personal injury and civil fraud proceedings and she undertakes both written and Court work.  Having a complementary Family Law practice means that Catherine has an excellent understanding and working knowledge of medical matters and she is well practiced in working with or challenging medical experts.  Catherine has often conducted cases with numerous medical experts and voluminous records.
 
Catherine has a special interest in inquests having been instructed by Railtrack plc to attend the Selby train crash inquest on their behalf and has conducted other lengthy and high profile inquests for companies, individuals and bereaved relatives. She understands both the potential legal consequences of these proceedings and the sensitivity which is required when conducting the hearing.
 
She also acts generally in relation to other more diverse areas of civil law such as injunctions, travel claims and professional negligence. In particular she has been able to apply an innovative and unusual approach on behalf of Government agencies and Local Authorities in that she has been successful in obtaining civil injunctions against persistent offenders in addition to the usual remedies being available under health and safety legislation.

For further details please contact Francine Kirk on 0113 202 8605.