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Julie has a broad practice across Chambers’ areas of work, in particular, employment and sports law, public and administrative law, commercial litigation, regulatory and licensing law, and media and information law. She has appeared unled in the High Court, County Court, Employment Appeal Tribunal, Employment Tribunal, and in the civil jurisdictions of the Crown Court and the magistrates’ courts. Julie has extensive experience in drafting pleadings and advising on matters in the above referenced jurisdictions. She has developed a particular interest in matters relating to equality and discrimination as well as media and information law, including data protection. Further, Julie has significant experience of urgent applications for civil injunctions and committal proceedings for breach of court orders.
Prior to practising at the self-employed bar, Julie worked in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales (Civil Division) as the judicial assistant to the Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Burnett (as he then was) and the Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Gross, as well as the case progression lawyer with delegated powers for the commercial and intellectual property lists. She also worked for two years as the judicial assistant to the Chief Justice of Ireland during which time, she conducted research on the points of law of public importance and on the civil appeals across the full range of the Supreme Court of Ireland’s jurisdiction.
Julie also acted in a voluntary capacity for, amongst others, the Free Representation Unit (‘FRU’) as an employment law representative and Liberty (National Council for Civil Liberties) as an advice officer on matters relating to human rights and civil liberties. Julie has received numerous awards and scholarships throughout her education and bar vocational training including the Phoenicia Scholarship from the Bar European Group and a Certificate of Honour and the Malcolm Wright Award from the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple.
Bar European Group - Phoenicia Scholar
Scholarship to attend the Bar European Group’s Conference in Gdansk (2019)
The Hon. Society of the Middle Temple - Prize
Prize for the best skeleton argument on the pupils’ practice course (December 2018)
The Hon. Society of the Middle Temple - Certificate of Honour
Prize for examination results on the Bar Professional Training Course
The Hon. Society of the Middle Temple - Malcolm Wright Award
Major award for the Bar Professional Training Course (2014, deferred to 2015)
Trinity College, Dublin - TAP Scholar
Merit stipendiary scholarship and board for two years
High Court
Appeared on behalf of the interested party in a judicial review: R. (on the application of Nash) v Police Appeals Tribunal [2020] EWHC 247 (Admin);
County Court
Appeared on behalf of the applicants for applications for committal arising from breaches of civil injunctions; work included pre-filing advice, direction hearings, and trials;
Appeared on behalf of the respondent local authority for a costs hearing in a fast-track personal injury trial;
Appeared on behalf of the respondents in case management hearings regarding trials for personal injury and breaches of the Data Protection Act;
Civil jurisdiction of the Crown Court
Appeared on behalf of the respondent for appeals against orders for forfeiture of cash under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; work included advice, direction hearings, and trials;
Civil jurisdiction of the magistrates’ courts
Appeared on behalf of the respondent licensing authority, TFL, resisting appeals by private hire vehicle drivers and taxi drivers against the revocation or refusal of licenses;
Appeared on behalf of the applicants for applications for orders, for example, to close premises, to require respondents to notify the police of their personal details, to prohibit respondents from communicating with or contacting vulnerable people, etc; work included advice and representation at hearings;
Employment Tribunal
Appeared on behalf of the respondent trade union and succeeded in the application for the Tribunal to reject the claimant’s claim form;
Appeared on behalf of claimants in hearings for claims for breach of contract, unfair dismissal, and unlawful discrimination.
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