Called to the bar in 1995
Took silk in 2014
Cate Heyworth-Smith is an experienced trial and appellate silk with a general civil and commercial practice in areas including insurance litigation, property, financial services litigation, insolvency, equity and trusts, intellectual property, and succession and estates. She has a special interest in the development of litigation strategy and the use of equitable remedies in commercial matters and their impact in insolvency.
Cases
Goomboorian Transport Pty Ltd v Hanson [2018]QSC 135
Aklia Holdings Pty Ltd v The Carter Group Pty Ltd (In Liq) & Ors [2017]QSC 075
Covey v State of Queensland [2017]QSC 023
Geju Pty Ltd v Central Highlands Regional Council (No. 2) [2016]QSC 279
Ozibar Pty Ltd v Laroar Holdings Pty Ltd (No.2) [2016]QSC 82
Geju Pty Ltd v Central Highlands Regional Council [2016]QSC 159
Career
1998
Commenced in Practice at the Private Bar in Brisbane
1996 to 1998
In-house Counsel, Environment Agency of England and Wales
1994 to 1996
Associate to the Hon. Justice Helman
Education
1999
LLM (Hons) (Honours Dissertation: Constructive Trusts in Insolvency)
Committees and appointments
2017 to date
Member of the Bar Council
2017 to date
Bar Practice Course Committee
2014 to date
Supreme Court of Queensland Library Committee (Statutory Committee)
2016 to date
Finance and Risk Management Sub-committee of the Library Committee
2016
BAQ Constitutional Review Sub-committee of the Bar Council
2017 to date
Immediate Past President of the International Law Association, Queensland Chapter
2012 to 2016
President of the International Law Association, Queensland Chapter
2009 to 2011
Sessional Member, Queensland Commercial and Administrative Tribunal (Civil List)
2007 to 2009
Sessional Member, Commercial and Consumer Tribunal (Civil List)
2006 to 2007
Member of the Bar Council
Memberships
Bar Council of the Bar Association of Queensland
Honorary Treasurer of the Bar Association of Queensland
Supreme Court of Queensland Library Committee
Bar Practice Course Management Committee
