Victoria is counsel in Carey Olsen's Jersey trusts and private wealth team. She specialises in wills, probate, capacity and estate planning matters and has 18 years of experience.

She has considerable expertise and interest in the succession planning and will drafting for, and administration of, high value, complex and cross border estates.

For locally based clients, Victoria can advise on all aspects of Jersey wills, probate, forced heirship, registration of immovable Wills and mental capacity law issues such as lasting powers of attorney. She also acts as professional executor, delegate and attorney.

For those clients who are internationally based but with interests in Jersey, Victoria advises on all cross border and private international law matters pertaining to these.

Victoria has also made Court appearances in non-contentious matters such as applications to vary a will, admit lost wills to probate and forced heirship claims.

Victoria regularly writes articles for various industry journals including STEP and LEXIS and has co-edited the practice notes for Lexis on Jersey Wills and Jersey Estate Administration.

Career

Victoria moved to Jersey in 2006 and joined Carey Olsen, where she worked for 11 years.

Having left Carey Olsen in 2017, Victoria then led the wills and probate team of another large offshore law firm for 5 years, and had one year as partner in another firm before returning to Carey Olsen in April 2024.

Victoria qualified as a Jersey Solicitor in November 2013 and then converted to a Jersey Advocate in 2017.

She is also a qualified Trust and Estate practitioner with STEP.