Catriona Hodge

Practice Areas

Catriona specialises in police and public law, inquests and inquiries, human rights and information law.

She was appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel of Counsel in 2019.

She is currently instructed as junior Counsel to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry and is acting on behalf of the Cabinet Office in the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry.

Notable examples of her recent work include acting on behalf of the Independent Office for Police Conduct in a claim for damages in misfeasance and for breaches of the Human Rights Act 1998 and on behalf of the Metropolitan Police Service in a claim for damages in misfeasance, malicious prosecution and false imprisonment arising from the conduct of a police investigation and prosecution relating to the murder of Daniel Morgan. She has recently acted on behalf of government departments and police forces in claims for damages for breaches of data protection legislation, breach of confidence and misuse of private information.

Before calling to the Bar, Catriona worked as an assistant in the Human Rights Department of Leigh Day. She was involved in preparing applications to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and worked on the independent inquiry into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Catriona regularly contributes to the 5 Essex Chambers Police Law Newsletter.

Please visit the 5 Essex Chambers website for Catriona’s profile, which sets out full details of her practice including relevant work of note.