Julian Hayes, Senior Partner at Berris Law LLP
Julian has over 30 years’ experience, having a considerable and respected reputation in the fields of crime and family work.
Qualifying as a barrister in 1990 Julian transferred to become a solicitor in 1994. He is a Higher Rights Advocate (criminal and civil) and a Court and Police Station duty solicitor and a member of the Law Society’s’ Child Panel (having been a member since 1998). He had for a number of years been on the committee of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association (LCCSA) and was Junior Vice President and Vice President of the Association.
After a six year stint as a Justices Clerk, Julian, entered private practice in the Newcastle area in 1994 and soon gained a formidable reputation representing clients in a number of areas of work in particular criminal, family and public law.
In 1998 Julian moved to London and the following year started his own practice in West London. His reputation has grown and flourished.
He has been at the vanguard in the defence of successive governmental attacks on legal aid in 2007 and this year. He was instrumental, along with colleagues from the LCCSA, in arranging the public protest in Parliament Square on 22nd May 2013 and March 2014.
