She has been admitted to practice in Barbados, Jamaica, the Turks and Caicos Islands, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and has had legal attachments to law firms in Jamaica, Washington DC, USA and the Turks and Caicos Islands. She began her legal career in Barbados in the Chambers of the late Rt. Hon. Errol Walton Barrow QC later joining Epworth Chambers in 1993 with Sir J. S. B Dear Q.C.
Mrs. Woodstock Riley QC has extensive experience in civil litigation, in the High Court and Court of Appeal, insurance law, personal injury, labour and employment law, maritime law, construction law, conveyancing and family law.
Clients have included regional and extra regional institutions, insurance companies, airline owners, ship owners, media institutions, hotels, architects, electrical contractors. She has experience in arbitration proceedings and, practical management of contractual and construction disputes.
In 2009 she was honored to be appointed as a Queens Counsel and has acted as a Judge of Supreme Court of Barbados in 2009 and 2010. Currently is the Chairperson of the Barbados Bar Association Disciplinary Committee.
Mrs. Woodstock-Riley QC was President of Soroptimist International of Great Britain & Ireland.
She has travelled extensively in the Caribbean, the United Kingdom , Europe, Africa and Asia and has spoken in various forums on a variety of issues.
She has been President of the Queens College PTA and a member and legal adviser of the Barbados Cancer Society Breast Screening Committee. Between 2010 – 2012 Mrs. Woodstock-Riley Q.C. was Chairperson of the National Advisory Council on Family Matters.
