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Areas of expertise

Professional information

  • 2020: Called to the Bar. Devilmasters: John MacGregor KC, Paul Reid KC, and Tony Lenehan KC
  • 2019 – 2020: Faculty Scholar, Faculty of Advocates
  • 2006 – 2019: Solicitor in private practice
  • 2016: Accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in professional negligence law
  • LLB (Hons), University of Glasgow (2003); Diploma in Legal Practice, Glasgow Graduate School of Law (2004)
Professional experience

Victoria’s principal areas of practice are in professional liability and discipline, clinical negligence, inquiries, public law, and commercial disputes.

Victoria is ranked by Chambers for Clinical Negligence in Scotland. She is instructed regularly in complex, high value, clinical negligence claims both in her own right, and to act as junior counsel to senior counsel. Victoria also represents medical professionals at Fatal Accident Inquiries.

In 2024, Victoria was appointed as Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Government. Recently, she acted as junior counsel for the Scottish Ministers in a high-profile multi-million pound Commercial Court action.

Victoria represents the Scottish Prison Service on a regular basis. She has also acted on behalf of the Chief Constable of Police Scotland in a number of high profile matters, involving complex and novel legal issues relating to malicious prosecution, human trafficking legislation, and human rights.

Victoria is instructed in two high profile sets of group proceedings.

Between 2020 and 2023, Victoria was instructed as junior counsel to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry.

Victoria is a Legal Assessor for the General Teaching Council for Scotland.

Notable cases

Public and Administrative Law

  • Instructed to act on behalf of the Chief Constable in an action involving Article 2 of the ECHR.
  • Billy Graham Evangelistic Association v Scottish Event Campus Limited 2022 SLT (Sh Ct) 219. An action for damages based on the Equality Act 2010.
  • 2021: Instructed as junior counsel to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry.

Product Liability

  • Instructed on behalf of a manufacturer in group proceedings relating to vehicle emissions.

Fatal Accident Inquiries

  • FAI into the deaths of Katie Allan and William Brown [2025] FAI 6.
  • FAI into the death of Jack McKenzie [2025] FAI 24.

Commercial

  • Biffa Waste Services Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] CSOH 9. Debate relating to whether a duty of care could be owed by the Ministers to Biffa.
  • Grier v The Lord Advocate and Police Scotland [2022] CSIH 57. Reclaiming motion arising from the failed prosecution of an individual following the administration and liquidation of Rangers FC.
  • Cheyne v Alfred Cheyne Engineering Ltd 2021 SLT 405. A petition raised under ss.994 and 996 of the Companies Act 2006. The court held that while it was competent for a Scottish court to dismiss an unfair prejudice petition as an abuse of process, it was not appropriate to do so in this case.
Directories

Chambers UK Bar Guide 2026: ranked for Clinical Neglience.

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