Get the current category description in Joomla 3.1.5
Get the current category description in Joomla 3.1.5
I was working through getting the category description for my custom component in the cleanest way possible without doing multiple queries or echoing out the $list value (because it repeats sub-cat descriptions too). Put this above, that is, outside the $list loop for your view or add it to a helper and echo as needed, usually only once on the page.
Hope this helps someone out there :)