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About
Provided by Victoria Wakefield KC
Practice Areas
Victoria Wakefield KC was called in 2003 and took silk in 2019. Victoria has been consistently ranked by the legal directories as outstanding across 6 practice areas: Administrative & Public law, Civil Liberties & Human Rights, Competition law, Data Protection, EU law and Group Litigation.
She specializes in complex, novel and high profile litigation and has extensive experience as an advocate in cases in the Supreme Court, the Privy Council, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, arbitration and the CJEU.
Victoria is the only member of the Bar to appear in both Merricks v MasterCard and Lloyd v Google before the Supreme Court and has been at the forefront of the development of Group Litigation.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Victoria Wakefield KC represents claimants in a number of high-profile class action claims, as well as defending clients in standalone actions. As a junior barrister, she advised on appeals of EC decisions affecting pharmaceutical companies and challenges to new regulations in the sports sector.
Victoria Wakefield KC has a sophisticated group litigation practice and is known for her extensive experience in precedent-setting cases on representative actions in the competition sphere.
Victoria Wakefield KC is a phenomenally accomplished barrister who represents corporations, NGOs and individuals challenging secondary legislation and regulatory decisions. She is especially adept in judicial reviews overlapping with human rights law. Recent mandates include cases relating to national security and international trade.
Victoria Wakefield KC is a highly skilled barrister who acts for a broad range of clients such as public bodies, NGOs and individuals. She is trusted with sophisticated instructions concerning high-profile and complex data breaches, and is particularly experienced in major group actions concerning the use of personal data.
Victoria Wakefield KC possesses experience in a broad range of EU law issues. She acts in CJEU referrals that help domestic courts to interpret EU law on financial services regulation or the freedom to provide services. Much of Wakefield's wider practice is rooted in the EU law-derived principles of competition law and data protection.
Victoria Wakefield KC is a go-to for government departments and other public bodies, as well as claimants in high-profile challenges. She maintains a respected practice covering complex matters at the intersection of public law and human rights.
Victoria Wakefield KC of Brick Court Chambers offers valuable expertise in sports law matters involving competition issues, notably Financial Fair Play. She has been instructed by teams and other parties in a number of football regulatory cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Victoria Wakefield KC really gets stuck into the detail of the case. She is excellent with clients and they value her insight."
"She is very switched on, pragmatic and has a good feel for how to cut to the essential core of an issue. She's commercially astute."
"She is incredibly articulate, very bright and her advocacy is excellent."
"Her grasp of the case is gobsmacking, and her ability to think on her feet and her advocacy skills are awe-inspiring. She's a pleasure to have in your corner."
"Victoria Wakefield KC is incredibly bright, hard-working, available and really good at breaking down complex points into digestible ones."
"Victoria Wakefield KC is absolutely superb. She is exceptionally clever and quick, while also being down to earth and likeable - I really enjoy working with her."
"Victoria is a very effective advocate who prepares meticulously and has the confidence of judges. She is also excellent in front of clients."
"She delivers very good written submissions and she is good on her feet as well."
"Victoria is incredibly hardworking and forensic in her approach. She has a very engaging advocacy style."
"She is very through and she has a very good understanding, marrying it with a down-to-earth style."
"Victoria is a very smooth advocate."
"Victoria is responsive and easy to work with, her advice is always clear and client-focused, and she is obviously very capable. You always feel in safe hands."
"Victoria is magnificent. She is extraordinarily bright, responsive, client-friendly and just a delight to work with."
"Victoria is sensible – she is a good and calm advocate."
"Victoria has an effective manner in court because she is so bright and effortlessly on top of her brief."
"She is an excellent advocate. Victoria speaks so eloquently and brilliantly."
"Victoria is an extremely clever litigator. She is imaginative in how she approaches cases. She brings cross-disciplinary insight into data issues."
"Victoria is brilliant."
"Victoria Wakefield KC really gets stuck into the detail of the case. She is excellent with clients and they value her insight."
"She is very switched on, pragmatic and has a good feel for how to cut to the essential core of an issue. She's commercially astute."
"She is incredibly articulate, very bright and her advocacy is excellent."
"Her grasp of the case is gobsmacking, and her ability to think on her feet and her advocacy skills are awe-inspiring. She's a pleasure to have in your corner."
"Victoria Wakefield KC is incredibly bright, hard-working, available and really good at breaking down complex points into digestible ones."
"Victoria Wakefield KC is absolutely superb. She is exceptionally clever and quick, while also being down to earth and likeable - I really enjoy working with her."
"Victoria is a very effective advocate who prepares meticulously and has the confidence of judges. She is also excellent in front of clients."
"She delivers very good written submissions and she is good on her feet as well."
"Victoria is incredibly hardworking and forensic in her approach. She has a very engaging advocacy style."
"She is very through and she has a very good understanding, marrying it with a down-to-earth style."
"Victoria is a very smooth advocate."
"Victoria is responsive and easy to work with, her advice is always clear and client-focused, and she is obviously very capable. You always feel in safe hands."
"Victoria is magnificent. She is extraordinarily bright, responsive, client-friendly and just a delight to work with."
"Victoria is sensible – she is a good and calm advocate."
"Victoria has an effective manner in court because she is so bright and effortlessly on top of her brief."
"She is an excellent advocate. Victoria speaks so eloquently and brilliantly."
"Victoria is an extremely clever litigator. She is imaginative in how she approaches cases. She brings cross-disciplinary insight into data issues."
"Victoria is brilliant."
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