Jacqueline Victor-Mazeli
Call 1997 | Barrister
About
Jacqueline was joint head of chambers at 3 Bolt Court 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. She is committed to facilitating access to the profession to groups which are underrepresented at the Bar.
Jacqueline started her career as a criminal barrister. She has now built a common law practice which encompasses immigration, asylum & human rights and family. Her immigration work includes asylum, Articles 2, 3 & 8 of the ECHR, EEA Law, deception, deportation, marriages of convenience, PBS and TOEIC appeals. Jacqueline appears on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Home Department and appellants in the First-tier and Upper Immigration Tribunals in all areas of immigration and asylum law. This has given her a unique ability to see both sides of the arguments.
She also appears in Children Act matters and Family Law Act matters in the Family Courts. Jacqueline 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.
She has a wealth of experience and accepts both legally aided and privately funded instructions.
Jacqueline is renowned for being an approachable advocate and for her meticulous preparation and tenacity in court.
Prior to coming to 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. Since coming to 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. 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.
She is public access qualified.
Memberships –
BHRC
JCWI
ILPA, and
Society of Mediators.
Asylum and Human Rights
Immigration Law
Family Law
BA (Hons) Linguistics
LLB (Hons) – University of Leeds
Bar Professional Training Course
The Honourable Society of Middle Temple
Advocacy Trainer – Middle Temple
Pupil Mentor – Middle Temple
Pupil Supervisor and Trainer
Bar Human Rights Committee
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
Immigration Law Practitioners Association
Society of Mediators
In 2005 she was seconded to the Crown Prosecutions Service as a Senior Crown Prosecutor where she was responsible for providing advice to police on charging, evidence, reviewing files, and conducting trials in court.
In 2007 she was seconded to the Treasury Solicitor’s Office where she was responsible for the conduct of immigration judicial review casework on behalf of the Home Office Immigration and Nationality Directorate. She then worked as part of the Judicial review team based at the Home Office Immigration and Nationality Directorate tasked with dealing with expedited cases.
In 2008 she was seconded to the Department for Work and Pensions as a Senior Prosecutor where she was a key player in a team responsible for the conduct of prosecutions mainly related to benefit fraud.
In 2016 she was seconded to the Home Office as a Presenting Officer (Advocate) in the Immigration & Asylum Chamber.
In 2018 she was seconded to the Home Office to conduct reviews of immigration and asylum appeals and advise on prospects of success. Jacqueline is public access qualified. She holds rights of audience in all courts in England & Wales. Jacqueline has given lectures on the Legal Network Television for the College of Law.
Jacqueline qualified as a civil and commercial mediator with the Society of Mediators, London, in May 2019.
She now volunteers with the Society of Mediators Free Mediation Project providing free mediations to litigants at the Royal Courts of Justice. She is a member of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, and Society of Mediators.
Jacqueline is also a Middle Temple pupil mentor.
Counsel for the Home Office Immigration and Asylum Appeals Team
Counsel for the Home Office Specialist Appeals Team
CPS Secondment North London.
“We at Greenland Lawyers LLP appreciate services of Counsels and Clerks in your Chambers. Notably, Eustace the Head Clerk and his team. 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 case 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-Muzeli 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. The Barristers Chambers, in particular, is truly outstanding and has real professional Barristers who are good value for money. I would recommend them to anyone who needs quality work.”
Austin Chukwu
JACQUELINE VICTOR- MAZELI
Year of call: 1997
Jacqueline was called to the Bar in 1997 and initially had a common law practice. She now specialises in immigration, asylum & human rights. She is experienced in the areas of asylum, Articles 2, 3 & 8 of the ECHR, EEA Law, deception, deportation, marriages of convenience, PBS and TOEIC appeals. She also appears in Children Act matters in the Family Courts. She is joint head of chambers and a pupil supervisor at 3 Bolt Court Chambers. Jacqueline is also a Middle Temple pupil mentor.
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
We at Greenland Lawyers LLP appreciate services of Counsels and Clerks in your Chambers. Notably, Eustace the Head Clerk and his team. 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 case she has handled for us. We hope that this relationship we have established would continue into the near future.Olatunde Edun
Ms Jacqueline Victor-Muzeli from law lane chambers 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. The Barristers Chambers, in particular, is truly outstanding and has real professional Barristers who are good value for money. I would recommend them to anyone who needs quality work.Austin Chukwu
