Victoria has experience in a broad range of commercial and public/ regulatory litigation with a focus on complex civil litigation and civil fraud.
Background
Victoria holds a Masters of Law (cum laude) from Duke University of Law, United States, a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and a Bachelor of Arts (International Relations and Public Policy) from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She was admitted to the New Zealand Bar in March 2019.
Victoria spent five years practising in New Zealand. Initially at a premium boutique litigation firm in Auckland before moving to the Office of the Wellington Crown Solicitor. During her time at the Crown, she regularly appeared in New Zealand’s Senior Courts as both junior and sole counsel. She then moved to North Carolina to study for her LLM.
Victoria joined Enyo in September 2024.
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand v TSB Bank Ltd [2021] NZHC 2241 – junior counsel in RBNZ first civil prosecution for pecuniary penalties under the Anti Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 against large retail bank.
- Commissioner of Police v Cheng [2023] NZHC 606 and [2023] NZHC 1167– junior counsel application for forfeiture of $20 million worth of assets on the basis of money laundering and tax evasion.
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Mitchell v Department of Corrections [2023] NZCA 695 – junior counsel successful appellate defence of judicial review of Department’s security classification.
- X v Attorney General [2022] NZHC 1531– junior counsel in defence of the Attorney General on claims of breaches of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.
- Acting for directors in defence of summary judgment application in class action alleging securities fraud during the company’s public offering.
- Acting for the Climate Change Commission defending judicial review of its advice to Government on New Zealand’s NDC target under the Paris Agreement. See Lawyers for Climate Action New Zealand Incorporated v Climate Change Commission [2022] NZHC 3064.
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Acting for the competition regulator defending input methodology determination in gas industry.
