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Julie-Ann Elliott

Year of Call:

2001

Education:    

Hunterhouse College, Belfast

University of East Anglia, 2:1 LLB(Hons) in Law with European Legal Systems

University of Leiden, The Netherlands, 1998-1999

University of Northumbria at Newcastle, BVC, very competent

Career:          

Called to the Bar 2001, Grays’ Inn

Pupillage at the Bar Library, Belfast 2001-2002 supervised by Brett Lockhart QC

Practising member of the Bar of Northern Ireland until December 2007

Languages:

French, basic German.

Julie-Ann joined chambers in December 2007 having practised in Northern Ireland for a number of years and has specialised in the area of family law since completing pupillage.

As a specialist family practitioner Julie-Ann has extensive experience in all aspects of the law of children in both the public and private law spheres and since joining chambers has continued to build on this experience. 

In the area of public law, Julie-Ann regularly undertakes work on behalf of parents and various Local Authorities. Julie-Ann has experience of dealing with matters involving complex issues such as non-accidental injuries, sexual abuse and chronic neglect.

Julie-Ann has also dealt with a wide variety of matters within the private law sphere involving issues such as intractable contact disputes, inter-jurisdictional issues and removal from the jurisdiction.

Julie-Ann has experience of working at all levels, from the Family Proceedings Court to the High Court, where she has appeared both with, and without leading counsel and the Court of Appeal.

Reported Cases:

Re C (A Child) [2008] EWCA Civ 1568

C-v-C [2005] NIFam 3

NR-v-AF [2008] NIFam 3
  

For further details contact Claudine Cooper on 0113 202 8604