Inquests and Inquiries; International Children Law; Private Children Law; Public Children Law; Private FDR and Early Neutral Evaluation
Joy is a leading silk who specialises in all aspects of the law relating to children. She has particular expertise in complex children matters encompassing both public and private law proceedings.
She is regularly involved in cases concerning non-accidental injury, sexual abuse, factitious disorder, physical and emotional abuse of children acting for all parties at all levels.
In addition, she is a specialist in private law matters where there are protracted and highly contentious disputes and she is particularly specialist in the international relocation and movement of children including adoption.
She has experience of appellate work in all areas.
Joy is regularly involved in cases involving complex issues including conflicting medical evidence, non- accidental injury and death of children, sexual abuse, physical and emotional abuse.
The majority of her cases are running in tandem with parallel criminal proceedings involving serious criminal offences. She is regularly instructed on behalf of all parties and represents children regularly.
Joy is a specialist in all private law matters that touch on the welfare of children. She has particular expertise in entrenched/high conflict issues embracing specific issues such as education, religion and medical treatment and emotional harm created by alienating behaviours.
Having appeared in RE H-N, she frequently deals with cases of domestic abuse at all levels including appellate work, fact-finding and welfare hearings. She regularly speaks on the issue of domestic abuse including at the South Africa HCCH Forum this year and as a panellist at IAFL chapters.
Joy’s work frequently includes an international element, and she is a specialist in the movement of children particularly international and internal relocation. She is a contributing author on the Chapter in respect of Relocation in the sixth edition of “The International Family Law Practice”.
Joy also undertakes complex international adoption work which often includes aspects of surrogacy law.
These cases often include issues of immigration and cross-jurisdictional return of children as well as placing children abroad as part of care planning.
Joy sits as a Recorder and can conduct Early Neutral Evaluation.
Contributing author to “The International Family Law Practice” Sixth Edition on the subject of international/ internal relocation of children.
Year of Call: 1990 Year of Silk: 2022 Recorder 2019
Family Law Bar Association Member of the FLBA Executive committee (2016- ) and Chair of the FLBA Scholarship Committee Association of Lawyers for Children Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) South Eastern Circuit Gray’s Inn Joy previously sat as a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal
LLB (Hons) LLM William Mc Nair Scholarship Grays Inn
