Vivian Walters > Chambers of David Josse KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Vivian Walters

+44 (0) 207 332 5400 clerks@5sah.co.uk View profile

Work Department

Vivian practises in all areas of crime and asset forfeiture, civil fraud & confiscation.

Position

Vivian has over twenty-five years’ experience prosecuting and defending serious crime.  She joined 5SAH in 2005 following completion of the Treasury Counsel monitoring programme and was soon afterwards appointed Standing Counsel to the former RCPO.

She has extensive experience both in white-collar and organised crime.

Vivian currently practices mainly in Kent, and focuses on cases involving serious sexual offences, drugs (particularly importation offences) and violence.

Career

• Vivian was called to the Bar in 1991.
• Grade 4 Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutor of appointed advocates.
• Specialist prosecutor for the CPS organised crime and fraud divisions: Grade 4.
• Specialist prosecutor for the CPS rape and serious sexual offences panel.

Asset Recovery, Civil Fraud & Confiscation

Vivian is experienced in all areas of criminal confiscation, including appearing in the Court of Appeal.

Criminal Prosecutions – Private & Public & Criminal Defence

Vivian prosecutes and defends in all types of serious crime. She is a specialist prosecutor for the CPS organised crime and fraud divisions as well as a grade 4 CPS prosecutor and a member of the CPS specialist Rape and Serious Sexual Offences panel.

Vivian prosecutes, both as leading counsel and alone, investigations involving the National Crime Agency, particularly major drugs cases and money laundering, people smuggling cases investigated by UKBA as well as serious violence, firearms and gang-related activity for other police areas.

She is experienced in dealing with sensitive and third party material and issues of disclosure and PII.

Memberships

• Criminal Bar Association.
• Amnesty.