Christine Julien > Chambers of George Coates > Guildford, England > Barrister Profile
Guildford Chambers Offices
Guildford Chambers
STOKE HOUSE, LEAPALE LANE
GUILDFORD
GU1 4LY
England
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Christine Julien
Work Department
Family.
Position
- Christine has specialized in all areas of family law for the past 20 years. She has been recognised in the Legal 500 since 2012 as a leading junior in the field of Children law and is recommended for her care work.
- She has a wide range of experience of public law cases acting for parents, children and Local authorities. She regularly acts in both high court and protracted county court cases.
- She has considerable experience acting in care cases concerning: non accidental injuries (including acting for parents in a number of “shaken baby” cases involving serious brain injuries); neglect; emotional harm; sexual and physical abuse; interjurisdictional cases, substance abuse, cultural issues, learning difficulties and mental health issues.
- She is experienced in contact and residence disputes, domestic violence, relocation cases, international child abduction and adoption.
- She regularly delivers lectures on the public law.
Career
Called 1991; Inner Temple.
Reported Cases
Languages
Norwegian (fluent), French (conversational).
Memberships
Family Law Bar Association.
Education
University of Liverpool (LLB (Hons)); Council of Legal Education (1990 Bar Qualification).
Leisure
Tennis, skiing, travel, reading.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Family: children and domestic abuse
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Christine Julien –Guildford Chambers ‘Christine is client-focused and excellent with vulnerable individuals in particular. She is direct with her advocacy but also collaborative outside of the courtroom and willing to look beyond the conventional in order to make progress.’
Guildford Chambers is ‘an excellent set with a strong and unrivalled family team’. Fiona Griffin has longstanding experience of representing parents, grandparents, guardians and local authorities in public and private family law proceedings. Christine Julien has ‘excellent communication and interpersonal skills along with an analytical mind’ and specialises in representing children and vulnerable parents in public law proceedings, with particular expertise in cases involving allegations of physical abuse of children. Andrew Austin is a ‘very robust advocate with keen attention to detail’ and advises on the full range of private children law disputes related to abuse, parental alienation, implacable hostility, and relocation of children.