Victoria Roberts

Practice Areas

Victoria joined Chambers in February 2020 as a member of the Business and Property team. She has wide-ranging expertise in Chancery and Commercial matters, and Insolvency. Given the urgent nature of much of the work undertaken, Victoria offers a quick turnaround on all papers.

Instructed on behalf of companies, liquidators and trustees in bankruptcy and appears regularly in the Chancery Division of the High Court.

Victoria’s cases typically concern transactions at undervalue, wrongful/fraudulent trading, issues as to validity of securities and directors’ disqualifications proceedings.

Advises and acts in a range of matters which belong to the Business and Property Court including boundary disputes, mortgages, contentious probate and landlord and tenant matters alongside commercial disputes, including claims relating to breaches of contract for the supply of goods, professional negligence matters, partnership disputes (including agricultural) and claims brought by commercial lenders.

A recent example includes acting for a debtor in a large insolvency and possession claim involving multiple cases as to whether the creditor could actually show good title to certain alleged debts.

Regularly instructed on GDPR and DPA issues such as subject access requests (including pre-action disclosure applications), data breaches and compensation claims. Also advised various entities, including a major charity on their data protection obligations and policies.

Victoria has a wide range of experience in mis-selling cases with a particular leaning to consumer loans, business energy claims and car finance up to Supreme Court level. Victoria also accepts instructions against brokers in these areas.