Catherine Spain
Areas of Expertise
Family Law
Parenting
Financial
Child Support
Child abduction
Care & Protection
Mediation & Arbitration
Profile
Catherine was called to the Bar in 2012. Since that time Catherine has practised in the areas of family law and care and protection.
Catherine regularly appears in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia in parenting and financial matters and appears in the local court, District Court and Supreme Court in care and protection and adoption matters.
Catherine completed a mediation course at Bond University and regularly mediates family law disputes.
Catherine has been named in the Doyle’s Guide as a leading Family Law junior counsel and a leading Parenting and Children’s matter counsel each year since 2016.
Catherine is also experienced in sports law, being a member of the NSW/ACT AFL Tribunal and a mediator on the AFL Vilification and Discrimination panel.
Catherine is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, having completed the Company Directors Course in 2024.