Victoria Kaye

Victoria is instructed across all of Chambers’ core specialisms, including civil law, crime, regulatory, environmental and public law. She regularly appears in the Magistrates’, Crown and civil courts. She has a particular interest in the intersection between civil and criminal law. Further details of her work and recent cases can be found using the links on the left.

Victoria joined Chambers in October 2025, following successful completion of her pupillage under the supervision of Ben Irwin, Christopher Badger and Mark Davies.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Victoria worked as a paralegal in the financial crime and regulatory department at a leading defence firm. Victoria’s work included defending in SFO and FCA prosecutions and in high profile corporate manslaughter and health and safety cases. She also volunteered as a trade union representative and for the Schools Consent Project, delivering workshops on the definition of consent within schools.

Planning
Victoria welcomes instructions in all areas of planning law.

She gained experience during pupillage assisting members of chambers with work including:

Assisting Megan Thomas KC with an advice as to a local authority’s refusal to grant a Certificate of Proposed Lawful Use pursuant to s.192 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Assisted Mark Davies in a planning enforcement matter concerning a well-known supermarket chain.

Crime

Victoria appears regularly in the Crown and Magistrates' Courts, conducting criminal cases for both prosecution and defence, including first appearances, summary trials and sentencing hearings. Judges have remarked on her “focused, persuasive and fearless” advocacy.

Examples of her cases include:

R v W - Assault by Beating Trial (Magistrates’ Court) - May 2025

The Defendant was recorded on CCTV having a confrontation with a security guard
and other staff. He was alleged to have made threats to kill. Victoria cross-examined two
prosecution witnesses to establish that there had been no genuine apprehension of
immediate unlawful violence and that the Defendant had been acting in defence of
another. The Bench acquitted him.

The Defendant remained to be sentenced for various other offences he had pleaded
guilty to. He was subject to an 18-month suspended sentence order. She successfully
argued against activation of the sentence despite multiple further offences.

R v M – Racially Aggravated Harassment Trial (Magistrates’
Court) – July 2025

Victoria represented this Defendant at trial for two charges of racially aggravated harassment. Victoria conducted a detailed cross-examination of the Complainant and the other prosecution witnesses, highlighting a motivation to fabricate the allegations and exposing the inconsistencies in their accounts.

The Bench found the accounts of both prosecution witnesses unreliable and the
Defendant was acquitted of both charges.

R v P – Protest Trial (Magistrates’ Court) – June 2025

Victoria successfully prosecuted an assault by beating which had occurred at a “Let Women Speak” event organised by Posie Parker, who is widely regarded to espouse transphobic ideology. The Defendant had attended in support of this event, and the Complainant had attended in support of transgender rights.

Victoria conducted a lengthy cross-examination of the Defendant and other associates from a reportedly far-right group who had attended to give evidence in support of the Defendant.

The Bench found the Defendant guilty. See the case reported here:

https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2025/06/19/conspiracy-theorist-guilty-of-

shoving-trans-activist/ 

During pupillage, Victoria assisted members of chambers with the following:

R v N - Manslaughter Trial (Crown Court) - June 2025

Victoria prepared a research note summarising the legal test for causation in criminal law and applying it to complex medical evidence in an active manslaughter case. The case related to two separate assaults on the deceased by two defendants on different days, with fatal consequences. An analysis of the medical evidence suggested the first defendant’s assault created a fatal vulnerability which was a substantial and operating cause of death. The research was used in deciding whether to apply to dismiss the charge of manslaughter.

R v E - Attempted Murder (Crown Court) - December 2024

Victoria drafted a hearsay application to adduce evidence of the victim’s discussion with police, captured by police body worn video at the hospital after he was hospitalised for treatment having been shot at. The application was used in the trial.

Civil

Victoria is regularly instructed in civil matters. Examples of her work include:

• Appearing on behalf of the police in the Magistrates’ Court and the Crown Court in applications for Sexual Harm Prevention Orders, Sexual Risk Orders, Stalking Protection Orders and Closure Orders. Successfully applied to vary an existing Sexual Harm Prevention Order in The Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police v H at a contested hearing in the Crown Court.
• Acting for both claimant and defendant in road traffic accident trials in the County Court
• Insurance disputes

Regulatory / Professional Discipline

Victoria welcomes instructions in regulatory and professional disciplinary law. She developed a strong grasp of these areas while working as a paralegal in the regulatory department at a leading defence form, defending in SFO and FCA prosecutions as well as fitness to practice investigations (GMC, SRA and BSB). Examples of work include:

• Acting for taxi drivers in licensing appeals against TfL

During pupillage Victoria assisted members of chambers with advice and research, including the following:

Assisting Stephen Hockman KC with an advice as to the application of vehicle emissions type approval EU Regulations following IP Completion Day. Produced an advice for Richard Banwell on the prospects of success of a challenge to the Environment Agency’s designation of a Reservoir as “high risk”.