Victoria Wilson was called to Bar in 2002 by Gray’s Inn and was appointed as Master of the Bench in 2022. She has invested her time to support various aspects of the Inn’s Education programme including delivering advocacy training and mentoring. She is Deputy Master of Finance on the Inn’s Management Committee and Vice Chair of Outreach (Universities).
Victoria is a family barrister, Joint Head of Goldsmith Chambers and a Deputy District Judge on the South Eastern Circuit.
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She was the elected 2020 Chair of the Wellbeing at the Bar Working Group which carries out work on behalf of all barristers, clerks and staff in England and Wales.
She was selected for the inaugural Bar Council Leadership Programme 2020 – 2021, with a view to facilitating a powerful network of new leaders to drive forward a positive, open and inclusive culture across the Bar.
She regularly trains students, pupils, and new practitioners, and is often invited to deliver lectures and appear as a guest speaker on webinars and podcasts relating to the law. She organises and chairs the Family Law Bar Association (“FLBA”) Autumn Lecture Series for the whole of the Family Bar.
Victoria is a mentor for many barristers at different stages of their careers, including student barristers, pupils and those returning to the Bar after a leave of absence.