Julien Foster
Highlights
Conversational French. Limited Italian, Spanish and German.
Julien teaches advocacy for Middle Temple and is a pupil supervisor.
Julien frequently represents local authorities, persons subject to an application under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and members of their extended family.
Julien frequently represents clients in applications for injunctions in the High Court and the Family Court.
Accepts instructions on the following basis
Fixed Fee
Julien Foster
Specialises in Care Proceedings
Add to My TeamJulien practises across three main areas: public law, private law children cases and Court of Protection cases. His areas of expertise and specialisation include care proceedings, cases with an international dimension and judicial review, particularly involving Local Authorities' duties towards children and vulnerable adults. His practice encompasses civil law disputes with a family dimension, including negligence actions against Local Authorities.
Julien has a particular interest in publicity and reporting in the context of family proceedings. He has acted for the father of the child known as "Baby P" in a number of different cases including civil proceedings brought, unusually, on an anonymised basis, and in proceedings in the Family Division when reporting restrictions were imposed.
Julien has extensive experience of care proceedings (acting for Local Authorities, parents, members of the extended family and children) and has appeared in many factually sensitive and factually complex disputes. He has recently appeared in cases involving allegations of deliberately inflicted injuries, fabricated and induced illness, poisoning of a child, radicalisation and inter-generational sexual abuse.
Julien is also frequently instructed by parents in private law children cases. He regularly acts for children when a children’s Guardian is appointed to represent their interests. Recent disputes in which Julien has been involved include residence, contact, schooling and medical treatment. Julien also practises in cases of international child abduction and where children are made wards of court. Julien is often asked to act in cases when serious allegations of physical or emotional abuse are in issue.
Julien has a particular interest in administrative law and judicial review applications arising from family disputes and Local Authorities’ duties towards children and families. He acts for public bodies and private individuals in the Administrative Court, the Coroner’s Court and tribunals.
He is willing to undertake an Early Neutral Evaluation of a case (usually, but not limited to, proposed private law proceedings under the Children Act 1989) with the objective of providing the parties with a realistic idea of the merits of the case.
Add to My TeamAccreditations
BA (Hons) (University of York)
Graduate Diploma (Law) (University of Westminster)
Diplock Scholarship, Middle Temple
Family Law Bar Association
Administrative Law Bar Association
South Eastern Circuit
Association of Lawyers for Children
Court of Protection Bar Association
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