Susan Cavender > Chambers of Anna Vigars KC > Bristol, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Anna Vigars KC
Guildhall Chambers
23 BROAD STREET
BRISTOL
BS1 2HG
England

Work Department

Crime; licensing; professional discipline; inquests.

Position

Susan specialises in a variety of areas of law that includes criminal, licensing, driving defence cases, regulatory/disciplinary and inquest hearings. She works primarily in crime covering a wide range of cases for both prosecution and defence. Susan has maintained her licensing expertise before Licensing Authorities and on appeal in the Magistrates’ Court.

Career

GENERAL CRIME

Susan is regularly instructed to prosecute and represent defendants in the Crown Court. Her practice covers all aspects of criminal cases that involve, drugs, arson, grievious bodily harm, false imprisonment, fraud and robberies.

DANGEROUS DOGS

Susan has done a considerable number of cases defending the owners (or keepers) of dogs in prosecutions, generally after the dogs have bitten either a person or another dog. The great fear is that the dog may be destroyed, but Susan has always been successful in preventing destruction, and ensuring that a Control Order is made instead.

Memberships

Criminal Bar Association.

Education

  • UWE Legal Conversion Course & Solicitors Finals
  • Cambridge College of Arts & Technology