Counsel · Junior barrister
Cate McConnell
A focus on access to justice, and on outcomes that help people move on.
In brief
Cate works with Quentin Duff on his criminal practice in the District Court and High Court. She graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a Bachelor of Laws in 2025 and was admitted in 2026.
Before chambers she was a law clerk at a boutique Auckland firm. During her studies she volunteered with the Wellington Community Justice Project, which takes rights education to young people across the region. She is determined and strategic, with a particular interest in access to justice and rehabilitative outcomes.
Time at the bar
- Education
- LLB, Victoria University of Wellington, 2025
- Admitted
- 2026
- Instructing
- Privately, through solicitors or directly
- Legal aid
- Supervised provider
- Works with
- Quentin Duff
