Jacqueline Victor-Mazeli

Jacqueline Victor-Mazeli was joint Head of Chambers at another London chambers from 2018 to 2024. Whilst Head of Chambers, she retained complete integrity and devotion to the service of her clients and fellow members of chambers.

Called to the Bar in 1997, Jacqueline started her career as a criminal barrister. She has now built a common law practice, which encompasses Immigration, Asylum & Human Rights. She also represents clients in a wide range of private law children cases from child arrangement orders, prohibited steps orders, specific issues orders, domestic abuse, parental alienation and in highly contentious disputes. She has represented parents in all stages of proceedings including complex multi-day fact-finding and final hearings.

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Jacqueline is renowned for being an approachable advocate and for her meticulous preparation and tenacity in court. Prior to her career at the Bar, she worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Justice and also for the Department for Works and Pensions, formerly the Employment Service. During her career at the Bar, she has been on secondment as a senior crown prosecutor for the CPS North London, Treasury Solicitor's Office, and Department for Work and Pensions (Legal Group's Prosecution Division). She has also been instructed on behalf of the Home Office Specialist Appeals Team.

In addition, she is an accredited civil and commercial mediator. She is also a trained conflict coach, and a community mediator. Jacqueline regularly volunteers with the Society of Mediators Free Mediation Project providing free mediations to litigants at the Royal Courts of Justice. She has built strong links within her local community where she volunteers as a conflict coach and mediator. She is a Middle Temple advocacy trainer, pupil supervisor and facilitator/trainer, and a Middle Temple mentor.

Jacqueline's Experience

Called in 1997

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Immigration Law

Jacqueline’s immigration practice includes Asylum, Articles 2, 3 & 8 of the ECHR, EEA Law, Deception, Deportation, Marriages of Convenience, PBS and TOEIC appeals.

Jacqueline has appeared on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Home Department in the First-tier and Upper Immigration Tribunals in all areas of Immigration and Asylum law which has given her a unique ability to see both sides of the arguments.

Jacqueline appears in every type of case in the First-Tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal - from Student and Visitor applications, right the way through to the most complex Asylum and Deportation appeals.

A large component of her daily work is representing clients with Human Rights appeals, which covers a very broad spectrum of work.

Asylum
Articles 2, 3 & 8 of the ECHR
EEA Law
Deception
Deportation
Marriages of Convenience
PBS and TOEIC appeals

Family Law

Jacqueline appears in Children Act matters and Family Law Act matters in the Family Courts. She has extensive experience acting on behalf of applicants and respondents in cases involving emergency injunctive relief and occupation orders.

She also represents clients in a wide range of private law children cases from child arrangement orders, prohibited steps orders, specific issues orders, domestic abuse, parental alienation and in highly contentious disputes. She has represented parents in all stages of proceedings including complex multi-day fact-finding and final hearings.

Jacqueline has a wealth of experience and accepts privately funded instructions. She is renowned for being an approachable advocate and for her meticulous preparation and tenacity in court.

Child Arrangements Orders
Prohibited steps orders
Specific issues orders
Parental alienation
Domestic abuse
Non-molestation and Occupation Orders

Memberships & Advisory

Educational Positions

Advocacy Trainer – Middle Temple
Pupil Supervisor and facilitator/trainer
Pupil Mentor – Middle Temple

Appointments/Secondments

Counsel for the Home Office Immigration and Asylum Appeals Team
Counsel for the Home Office Specialist Appeals Team
CPS Secondment North London

Memberships

BHRC
JCWI
ILPA
Society of Mediators

Awards

Recipient of the EPRA Leadership and Entrepreneurial Award 2024 for Exceptional Human Rights Champion of Decades.

Privacy Policy

1. This is a privacy notice that describes how, why and for how long I will process or keep your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’).
2. The GDPR governs how an individual’s personal data is used, and your rights in relation to that data.
3. I, Jacqueline Victor-Mazeli, have been instructed by you or your litigation friend (usually a parent), through your solicitor or agent, or via the Bar Pro Bono Unit.
4. It is necessary for me to process your personal data in order for me to provide you with legal services, for example:

Advise on the prospects of litigation;
Advise on the value of your claim;
Representation at a court hearing;
Representation at trial;
Advise, review or comment on legal issues or evidence.

5. Processing means anything done to data such as: recording, organising, adapting, altering, copying, consulting, transmitting, combining, erasing or storing it.

6.The processing for the purposes listed above will take place in accordance with either Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, depending on how you instructed me.

7. If you have instructed me on a direct access basis, or engaged a solicitor (or legal agent), to assist you in bringing or defending a claim then the processing is necessary to perform a contract to which you are a party (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR). To give effect to that contract (i.e. to bring a claim) it is necessary for me to process your personal data for litigation purposes.

8. If I am assisting you on a pro bono basis, it will be necessary for me to seek your consent to be able to represent you (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). In this scenario, you will be sent a consent form.

Recipients of your data

9. I may also be required to share your data with others, depending on the nature of your case. This may include:

(i) Courts and other tribunals to whom documents are presented;

(ii) Your solicitors, or agent representing you, through whom I have been instructed;

(iii) Potential witnesses, experts and other persons involved in the case;

(iv) Solicitors, barristers, or other legal representatives;

(v) Ombudsman and regulatory authorities;

(vi) Education and examining bodies; and

(vii) Current, past or prospective employers.

Special Categories of Data

10. In some cases I will have been given your personal data that is within the ‘special categories’ of data described in GDPR Article 9(1). For example, personal data that reveals your race, ethnicity, sexual preferences, political or religious beliefs, trade union membership or health. There are also restrictions for processing information regarding criminal convictions.

11. This type of personal data will only be processed where it is necessary in order to represent you in your legal claim, or advise on the prospects of a legal claim.

Retention

12. I will retain your personal data for no longer than is necessary, and where it is possible, I will anonymise your data.

13. How long your personal data is kept will depend on a number of factors. The retention period will be reviewed when the service I am providing you with is complete. However in general, I am obliged by the Bar Code of Conduct to retain records of my cases, and by HM Revenue and Customs to retain records for 6 years.

14. Once your case has concluded and fees have been paid, I shall retain only the personal data necessary for the following purposes:

(i) The legal and professional obligation to retain information relating to my cases;

(ii) To check for any potential conflict of interests that may arise in the future when I am instructed on other cases;

(iii) For use in the defence of potential complaints, legal proceedings or fee disputes;

(iv) To refer back to in future cases which raise similar legal, factual, or procedural issues.

15. The processing for the purposes listed in paragraph 14 (ii), (iii), and (iv) above, will take place in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. That is, for the purposes of legitimate interests that are not outweighed by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.

16. The processing for the purposes listed in paragraph 14(i) above, will take place in accordance with Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. That is, the processing is necessary for me to comply with a legal obligation.

Your Rights

17. Where processing of your personal data was based on your consent (see paragraphs 6 and 8) you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

18. Withdrawal of your consent to process such data will most likely mean that I am no longer able to provide you with the legal services you seek.

19. You may request confirmation that your personal data is being processed by me and details about the personal data, the source, the processing, the purposes of the processing, the recipients and the retention period.

20. You may request a copy of your personal data that is being processed by me. You may also request rectification (i.e. correction) where there are inaccuracies in the personal data.

21. You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time, to processing of your personal data in paragraph 14 of this privacy notice. Should you object, the processing will only continue where there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your fundamental rights, freedoms and interests.

22. Where the processing or retention of your data is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, it will not be possible to object.

23. You have the right to request that your personal data is erased where any of the following apply:

(i) The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;

(ii) You withdraw your consent where the basis of processing was based on consent and where there is no other ground for the processing;

(iii) Where your fundamental rights, freedoms and interests override the legitimate interests of processing in paragraph 14;

(iv) The personal data has been unlawfully processed; or

(v) The personal data have to be erased to comply with a legal obligation.

24. You have the right to request that your personal data is restricted from processing, so that it is simply stored, for the following reasons: as an alternative to deletion; so that it can be corrected; for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; to verify if a legitimate ground exists (paragraph 14).

25. Where it is necessary to correct your personal data, or you have requested the restriction or erasure of your personal data, I shall endeavour to contact the recipients of the personal data, unless this involves disproportionate effort.

Security

26. I take appropriate physical and technical procedures to safeguard your personal data to prevent it from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way.

Complaints or Queries

27. If you have any questions regarding this privacy notice, or how I use your personal data please email me: mailto:jacqueline.victor-mazeli@tbgbarrister.co.uk, or my clerks: clerking@thebarristergroup.co.uk telephone 01823 247 247.

28. I shall aim to respond as soon as possible, and within 30 days.

29. You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you believe I have not handled your request in an appropriate manner. For information on contacting the ICO please go to: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

Jacqueline's Testimonials

We at Greenland Lawyers LLP appreciate services of Counsels and Clerks in your Chambers. We also acknowledge the professional approach of Counsels instructed to handle matters for our clients, in particular Ms Jacqueline Victor – Mazeli of Counsel for her excellent approach to all the cases she has handled for us. We hope that this relationship we have established would continue into the near future.

Greenland Lawyers LLP

Ms Jacqueline Victor-Mazeli is very brilliant. She worked on my son’s immigration application in August this year and was very good in court. She quickly understood the history and background of the case which meant that the Home Office did not stand a chance and we won.

Austin Chukwu

I would like to take the opportunity to thank Jacqueline Victor-Mazeli for supporting us at court hearing for visa application for our daughter and wish her all the best in her career. She made our dream come true. Jacqueline, thank you and God bless you.