Brick Court Chambers

Victoria Wakefield KC

Victoria Wakefield KC

YEAR OF CALL: England and Wales: 2003; Ireland: 2017    YEAR OF SILK: 2019
CLERK: Tony Burgess

"Intellectually a genius. Fantastic rapport in court with judges."
(Legal 500 2024)

News

01/10/24

Celebrating 75 years of female silks

30/07/24

Privy Council dismisses human rights and discrimination challenge to pastoral scheme

28/06/24

Court of Justice delivers nine judgments in Servier ‘pay-for-delay’ case

18/06/24

16 members of Brick Court listed in the inaugural Pro Bono Recognition List

07/05/24

Collective proceedings for domestic electricity billpayers

26/02/24

Competition Appeal Tribunal decides factual causation issues in Merricks collective proceedings

28/07/23

Court of Arbitration for Sport shows red card to claims against FIFA

25/07/23

Court of Appeal opts for opt-out in FX claims

21/03/23

Merricks collective action: CAT rules that Mastercard is not permitted to advance a counterfactual based on an alternative, exemptible interchange fee

06/07/22

21 nominations for Brick Court in the 2022 Legal 500 Bar Awards

08/04/22

Competition Appeal Tribunal delivers judgment on FX cartel collective proceedings applications

10/11/21

Supreme Court holds that mass data breach claim against Google cannot proceed as a representative action

09/03/21

Court of Appeal holds that MI5’s policy on agent participation in crime is lawful

01/02/21

22 members of Brick Court appear in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases for 2021

11/12/20

Supreme Court dismisses Mastercard’s appeal in landmark judgment on proposed collective proceedings

22/10/20

Brick Court receives four nominations in the 2020 Bar Pro Bono Awards

26/03/20

Supreme Court rules that no death penalty assurance was lawful at common law, but in breach of the Data Protection Act 2018

25/03/20

Court of Appeal upholds NHS policy of preferring a cancer drug over products licensed for the treatment of eye disease

10/03/20

CAT rules on when to hear carriage dispute

12/02/20

35 members of Brick Court appear in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases and Top 15 Appeals of 2020

09/01/20

MI5’s policy on agents participating in crimes is lawful

02/10/19

Court of Appeal holds that mass data breach claim against Google can proceed as a representative action

05/09/19

Brick Court shortlisted for 11 categories in the 2019 Chambers Bar Awards

16/04/19

Court of Appeal overturns CAT judgment in Merricks v Mastercard collective proceedings

05/03/19

Divisional Court dismisses claim by accountants’ regulatory body to regulate legal services

18/01/19

No death penalty assurance was lawful

10/01/19

Four new silks and an Honorary QC for Brick Court

21/12/18

General Court rules on ‘pay for delay’ agreements in Servier

13/11/18

Right of appeal lies from decision of the CAT refusing a collective proceedings order

29/01/18

Victoria Wakefield named in The Lawyer Hot 100 2018

29/11/17

Google is sued on behalf of millions of iPhone users

25/07/17

Mastercard persuades Tribunal not to certify £14 billion collective action

19/07/17

Supreme Court rules on important “unjust enrichment” principles

14/07/17

Brick Court barristers called to the Bar of Ireland

27/06/17

New appointments to the Attorney General’s Panels of Counsel for Brick Court Chambers

25/01/17

NICE Appeal Panel upholds Roche’s appeal

23/01/17

Brick Court scores the highest number of appearances in The Lawyer Top 20 Cases of 2017

17/11/16

European Court of Justice gives judgment on licensing fees and the Services Directive

04/10/16

General Court of the EU interprets Member State obligations concerning agriculture and recoverable expenditure

20/07/16

Supreme Court rules that a “collateral lie” does not lead to forfeiture of an insurance claim

06/05/16

European Court of Justice hands down tobacco judgment

19/10/15

Brick Court maintains Public and Administrative Law ranking in 2015 Legal 500

10/06/15

The rise and rise of Article 1 Protocol 1 in commercial public law litigation

03/06/15

Claims filed challenging UK standardised packaging legislation

29/04/15

Supreme Court refers Services Directive question to Luxembourg

23/01/15

Two members of Brick Court appointed to Attorney General’s C Panel of Counsel

04/11/14

Administrative Court asks the Court of Justice of the European Union to rule on the validity of the Tobacco Products Directive

14/07/14

High Court holds that Pronuptia applies to restrictive covenants in franchise agreements

20/01/14

Two new Brick Court members on the JUSTICE Council

31/01/13

Seven members of Brick Court Chambers featured in Global Competition Review

31/05/12

Seven justice Supreme Court throws significant doubt on whether resources are relevant to the initial assessment of the needs of disabled people

18/05/12

Brick Court preparing for the London Legal Walk

15/08/11

ECJ rules in chemical cases

29/11/10

Government not legally required to impose export controls on sodium thiopental, but decides to do so

01/04/10

Baha Mousa Inquiry declines to order disclosure of AG’s advice

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