Barristers

Julia Bond

St Ives Chambers, West Midlands

Work Department

Julia Bond is a Barrister specialising in Family law.

Career

Year of Call: 2010

Family Finance

Julia has a reputation for being a robust advocate. She has excellent client care skills and is particularly adept at managing expectations and offering pragmatic advice, always remaining sensitive to the issues and the needs of an emotional client.

She has extensive experience in a wide range of financial proceedings on the breakdown of relationships, marriage and civil partnerships including those where the assets are limited to cases to more complex cases where the assets are substantial. She has particular experience in dealing with cases involving nuptial agreements, pre-acquired assets and inherited or other non matrimonial wealth. She has experience of dealing with TLATA claims and those under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989.

Julia also represents clients in divorce proceedings, defended suits and validity of marriage hearings.

Private Law Children

Julia practises in private law and public law children cases at all levels. In private law she has particular experience of appearing in cases involving internal and external relocation, parental alienation and complex fact finding hearings.  In public law she regularly appears in cases involving:

Internal and external relocation cases Forces marriage Rule 16.43 Guardian

Public Law Children

In public law she regularly appears in cases involving:

Neglect Non-accidental injury Sexual abuse Domestic violence

She appears as an advocate for local authorities, parents and the child.

Memberships

Midland Circuit

Family Law Bar Association

Position

Julia Bond has been a specialist Family law practitioner since 1995. She practised as a solicitor in Worcestershire and the West Midlands before transferring to the Bar in 2010.

She has a reputation for being a robust advocate. She has excellent client care skills and is particularly adept at managing expectations and offering pragmatic advice, always remaining sensitive to the issues and the needs of an emotional client.  She is considered to be an advocate “consistently punching above her weight”.

Education

Master of Laws