Victoria Casey

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Victoria Casey KC is a lawyer and King's Counsel from New Zealand.[1] Her specialist areas are public law, commercial and commercial-regulatory litigation.[2]

Casey attended the University of Auckland and was admitted to the bar in 1988. She was appointed Crown Counsel at Crown Law in 2008, and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2016.[1]

In 2015 Casey acted for vulnerable persons umbrella group CARE Alliance in the high-profile Lecretia Seales case, in which terminally ill Seales sought legal medical assistance to end her life.[3][4]

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  1. ^ a b "New Zealand Law Society". www.lawsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. ^ Lawyer, NZ. "QC appointments announced". NZ Lawyer. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Judge thanks woman for right-to-die case". Radio New Zealand. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Sounds Catholic December 6 2015 – Euthanasia Talk – Victoria Casey – Catholic Diocese of Christchurch". Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2018.