Catherine Cundy
Appointments:
Junior Counsel to the Crown (Regional Panel) - appointed 2015
Associations:
Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
Education:
B.A.(Hons) Queen Mary College, London
Ph.D University Of Kent,
Postgraduate Diploma In Law
PROFILE
Catherine was a solicitor for ten years before transferring to the Bar in 2011. She worked as a Senior Crown Prosecutor for the CPS in Manchester, providing pre-charge advice to the police, advocacy in the magistrates', youth, and Crown courts, training to colleagues and management of a team of higher court advocates.
Catherine then moved to become an in-house advocate with the General Medical Council, prosecuting before Fitness to Practise hearings, Interim Orders panels and Restoration and Investigation Committees. Since transferring to the Bar, Catherine has continued working in this field and appears regularly for the GMC in the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, prosecuting cases of serious clinical and sexual misconduct, and is ranked as a leading barrister in the field of professional discipline in Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide. She has also continued to deliver training to lawyers, clinical performance assessors, general practitioners and hospital doctors on various aspects of medical regulation.
Catherine was appointed to the Attorney-General's Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown in 2015. She represents the Prison and Probation Services in inquests involving deaths in custody where Article 2 is engaged, and also acts for entities such as care homes and medical staffing agencies in the coroner’s court.
Professional Discipline – The Regions (Bar): Leading Barrister (Band 2)
"Knowledgeable."
"She is very good and responds to legal arguments in a succinct way."
Chambers and Partners UK Bar 2019
"Very robust and very effective."
Chambers and Partners 2018
"She's always incredibly well prepared. She presents cases extremely well and makes a complex case seem relatively simple."
Chambers and Partners 2018
“She can see holes in a defence case very easily, is very good at cross-examination and has an excellent manner in tribunals. She works very hard and is extremely well prepared. I’ve never seen anything less than 100% preparation from her.”
Chambers and Partners 2017
“Continues to impress in professional discipline cases in the healthcare profession, drawing on her previous role as in-house counsel at the GMC.”
Chambers and Partners 2017
"Frequently represents the General Medical Council in regulatory actions. She brings prior experience as an in-house advocate at the GMC, where she presented cases before interim orders panels, fitness to practise panels and restoration and investigation committees. 'She is very knowledgeable, very well organised and a good advocate.'"
Chambers and Partners 2016
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