Victoria’s busy personal injury practice comprises drafting, advisory and advocacy for claimants and defendants in fast and multi-track proceedings. She has solid experience in employer’s liability, public liability, defective premises and RTA matters.
She is experienced in relation to claims concerning non-recent sexual abuse. She was junior counsel for the Claimant, led by Mary O’Rourke QC, in a challenging nine-day High Court trial of historical sexual abuse claims in a Catholic seminary school in the 1970s. As a member of the Government C Panel, she is currently instructed on behalf of various defendants to high court claims of historic sex abuse, which typically raise issues of limitation and vicarious liability.
Significant cases include:
- Murray v Devenish[2018] EWHC 1895 QB: nine-day High Court trial of sexual abuse allegations from the 1970s (led by Mary O’Rourke QC).
- Murray v Devenish [2017] EWCA Civ 1016: appeal against case management decision to refuse substitution of medical expert.
- Stoute v LTA[2015] 1 WLR 79: Victoria successfully represented the Claimant at the Court of Appeal, unled, in his appeal concerning service of a claim form.
- Appearing in the Queen’s Bench Division on behalf of a Claimant applying for a declaration of capacity to deal with financial affairs under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
- Successfully representing claimant resisting a Defendant’s relief from sanctions application (failure to obtain own medical evidence in line with directions) in multi-track personal injury matter.
- Representing claimant on appeal by landlord in Defective Premises Act 1972 claim, exploring the extent of the duty under section 4 of that Act.
Victoria has frequently appeared at the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeal tribunal, on both eligibility and quantum appeals. She also has experience of inquests, having represented both families and other interested persons at pre-inquests reviews and at inquests, for example representing the family of a factory worker whose exposure to paint and machinery dust was found to have caused his severe lung condition, resulting in a verdict of death by industrial disease.
Victoria accepts instructions on a conditional fee basis.
She is a member of the Personal Injuries Bar Association.
