Catriona has a wide-ranging civil law practice with particular interest in property, commercial, local government and planning.

Catriona has extensive experience in property law and has been instructed in a variety of cases, from boundary to contractual disputes.  In addition, she has experience in local government, partnership and agency, company law, unjustified enrichment, planning, professional negligence, contract (including building contract), and commercial property.

Prior to becoming an advocate Catriona worked for several years as a solicitor both in private practice and in the public sector.  In the private sector she worked in commercial property, including a period of secondment to the London office of a Scottish firm.  In the public sector Catriona dealt especially with property, roads and planning matters (including appearing at public inquiries).

Catriona is also a tutor in public law at the University of Edinburgh School of Law

• Tutor in public law at the University of Edinburgh School of Law.

• Presented various seminars on property law topics including speaking at the Society of Solicitors for the Scottish Borders Autumn conference.
• Presented anticipatory breach of contract seminar at stable conference.

• Louise Weddell v Ian Anderson 2013 CSIH 34, 2013 GWD 16-329, 2013 SC 405, 2013 SLT 587 – building contract case which decided the proper construction of Ordinary Cause Rule 24 (withdrawal of solicitor) and the interplay between OCR 24 and OCR 16 (decree by default) (building contract).
• The Royal Bank of Scotland v Stuart Hill 2012 CSOH 110, 2012 GWD 23-439.
• Reduction of statutory demand (side issue of jurisdiction).
• Reid v Drummond and another, case concerning disputed ownership of riverbed  (property).
• Mr and Mrs Collin v Scottish Borders Council, case concerning land slip (local government).
• Gibbs v Locker, case concerning interdict re erection of agricultural shed (planning).
• Mr Robertson v J & E Shepherd, case concerning professional negligence of surveyor (professional negligence).
• Bank of Scotland v John Richards, series of cases concerning assignment of life policies (banking, unjustified enrichment).
• Dunfermline Building Society v Mr and Mrs Gillespie, action for recovery of possession (housing).
• Lands tribunal case concerning application to rectify the Land Register (property).
• Case concerning disputed parking rights (property).
• Case concerning challenge to statutory notice in relation to large tenement building (local government, property).