Justin Gray

Specialisms:

• Family
• Mental Health
• Administrative and Public Law

Justin deals with all areas of family law; all areas of children law, including care proceedings, adoption and private disputes, with particular experience and interest in cases with an international element; ancillary relief, child maintenance, and co-ownership property claims; mental health and capacity law; forced marriage, "honour violence"; judicial review in family matters.

Cases:

R (Anton) v Secretary Of State For The Home Department; Re Anton [2004] EWHC 2730/2731 (Admin/Fam) [2005] 2 FLR 818 High Court Queen’s Bench Division - The interrelation of family proceedings with UK immigration controls.

Re S; Newcastle City Council v Z [2005] EWHC 1490 (Fam) [2007] 1 FLR 861 High Court Family Division - Whether a religious objection to adoption can act as a bar to a freeing order.

Re F (Interim Care Order) [2007] EWCA Civ 516 [2007] 2 FLR 891 Court of Appeal - Proportionality of response to the level of risk of harm.

Re C (unreported) - Proceedings concerning detrimental press coverage that a morbidly obese child was receiving from the world’s media, and subsequently care proceedings in respect of his weight and the continuing press intrusion.

Re EB [2008] EWHC 1324 (Fam) High Court Family Division - Acting on behalf of a foreign government seeking the return of a foundling abducted to the UK, and considering the relevance of foreign concept of welfare to English family proceedings.

Re T (A Child) [2008] EWCA Civ 1517 High Court Family Division and Court of Appeal - Service of proceedings on a father unaware of the birth of his child.

Re P-S [2009] EWCA Civ 305 Court of Appeal - Procedure on appeal of interim care order.

Northumberland County Council v Z, Y, X (By her Children’s Guardian) and the Government of the Republic of Kenya [2009] EWHC 498 (Fam) [2009] 2 FLR 696 High Court Family Division - Disclosure of documents to a foreign entity.

Re L [2010] EWHC 892 (Fam) High Court Family Division – Local authority dispute as to whether children had looked after status.

Memberships:

Family Law Bar Association

Lectures & Seminars:

Justin regularly contributes to Trinity's ongoing programme of family lectures and seminars. Topics have included interim care orders; Emigrating with children; Media attendance in family cases; Looked after children.

Education:

BA (Hons) University College London.

Additional Information:

Practiced at Renaissance Chambers in London from 1994-2002.