Ms Victoria Smith-Swain > Exchange Chambers > Leeds, England > Barrister Profile
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OXFORD HOUSE, OXFORD ROW
LEEDS
LS1 3BE
England
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Ms Victoria Smith-Swain
Work Department
Criminal; Regulatory
Position
Victoria is a specialist criminal and regulatory advocate. Acting for both the prosecution and defence, she conducts trials, sentences, newton hearings, plea and case management hearings and mentions across a full spectrum of criminal matters including dishonesty and fraud offences; violent offences ranging from common assault to murder; sexual offences; drug offences; public order offences; road traffic offences; ASBO and Football Banning Order applications; POCA applications and Confiscation Enforcement proceedings; and DWP and Local Authority prosecutions.
During her time at the General Medical Council, Victoria gained experience of the MPTS Fitness to Practise Panel and Interim Order Panel hearings for cases involving misconduct, deficient performance, health, conviction or multi-factorial impairments. She attended appeals and drafted witness statements, allegations, sanction submissions and instructions for Judicial Review.
Career
Called 2008
Memberships
- Lincoln’s Inn
- Criminal Bar Association
- Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
Education
- Bar Vocational Course, Nottingham Law School, Jul 2008
- B Law, Newcastle Law School, Jun 2007
- A Levels / AS Level, NEW College, Pontefract, Jul 2003
- Kalisher Trust Bursary, Criminal Bar Association
- 1 High Pavement Plea in Mitigation Competition 2008; Crowther Shield Public Speaking Competition 2008; and Dickinson Dees’ Senior Client Interviewing Competition 2007.