39 Essex Chambers

Victoria is rated as one of the top ten planning barristers under 35 (Planning Magazine, 2015). She acts in a wide range of planning and environmental law matters and is happy to accept instructions from developers, local authorities or other interested parties. She is also a qualified mediator (ADR Group) and is able to mediate between parties on any planning/environmental dispute which is suitable for such. Victoria also acts as a consultant barrister to Farrer & Co’s planning team. Victoria also acts in regulatory matters and is happy to accept instructions from both prosecuting authorities and for the defence. Victoria has gained considerable experience of public and administrative law in cases touching on a range of subject matters. She has been involved in cases across various different courts and tribunals including at the European Court of Human Rights. This experience includes immigration and asylum law. She regularly appears in the First Tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal and the Court of Appeal. Victoria graduated from Oxford University with an MA in Modern History before completing her law conversion course and bar exams. She then went on to be graded outstanding in her LLM in public international law from the London School of Economics.

Called to the bar 2011. Publications of note: ‘Pickles Disregards Emerging Strategy’, Planning Magazine (11 July 2014); ‘Planning Practice Guidance: An overview’, RTPI Blog (16 March 2014).

ATLEP; UKELA; ALBA; BIICL; Lincoln’s Inn. Mediator since 2009 (accredited by the ADR Group).

University of Oxford (MA); BPP (GDL, BPTC); London School of Economics (LLM).