Viberts

Employment Law Partner

Vicky is widely recognised as the “go to” person for Jersey employment law. She specialises in high profile and complex matters, including Royal Court appeals of Tribunal decisions and cases involving directors of international trust businesses and other key employees. Vicky advises senior executives, private businesses charities on all aspects of employment law. She is regularly sought after to speak on and quoted in relation to employment issues affecting the Island and she has acted as an expert witness on Jersey law in the High Court of Justice of England & Wales.

Vicky has specialised in employment law since 2001 and her experience includes successful litigation in ground-breaking areas, such as challenging the powers of the Jersey Employment and Discrimination Tribunal, addressing the independence of Jersey's legislative and judicial systems in employment matters and testing the geographical scope of Jersey law in relation to offshore employment. She has been appointed Amicus Curiae (impartial adviser to the court) in a number of cases. She represented The Law Society of Jersey in a case raising discrimination and human rights issues in connection with admission to the Jersey Bar. She has also appeared in Jersey’s Mental Health Review Tribunal and has advised on issues concerning mental health and mental capacity of senior personnel. Previously Vicky has been Chair of Digital Jersey’s Regulation & Legislation Technical Action Group, Jersey’s Representative for the Employment Lawyers Association (“ELA”) and a member of the Institute of Directors’ Industries Sub-Committee.

Jersey Advocate - 2008 Barrister - England & Wales - 1996

Employment Lawyers Association (UK) The Law Society Jersey Member of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) UK & Ireland