Secretary of State for the Home Department Joint Counsel for the Welfare of Immigrants [2017] EWHC 949 (Fam)
Area of Law: Family
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Specialist in
Experience
Julia is a respected practitioner in the fields of family, immigration and human rights law. She specializes in children law and is one of few barristers whose expertise covers these three disciplines. She is also the Co-author of the Immigration Law Handbook.
Julia is known for her approachability, thoroughness of her preparation and her court skills. She has significant expertise in care proceedings particularly those where there is an international and/or immigration issues.
Recently Julia has been instructed in matters which concern the transfer of care proceedings under the provisions of Brussells II Revised and also the repatriation of children to relatives outside the European Union.
Julia is also an established practitioner in the areas of child abduction and removal of children from the jurisdiction.
Having a background in working with adults with either mental health and/or learning disabilities, Julia has retained a strong interest in representing such vulnerable clients at court.
Julia is currently instructed in a case where she has successfully argued that the use of an intermediary for her client is essential in order to ensure that she has a fair trial.
Julia also practices across the whole breadth of immigration law, again having a particular and successful practice in representing children.
Julia is regularly instructed to provide expert advice on immigration issues in family proceedings and vice versa. She is also regularly instructed in matters of Forced Marriage and associated allegations of honest based violence.
Notable cases
H (Care Proceedings: Designated Local Authority) [2016] EWFC 39
Re X v CD & ORS ( Care Proceedings: Placement in Pakistan) [2016] EWFC 51
Re R (A Child) [2016] EWFC 51
Re J (A Child) (Learning Disabled Parent) [2013]
Re I ( A child) [2012] EWCA Civ 1765
Re G (Abduction: Children’s Objections) [2011] 1 FLR 1645
Re M (Children) [2010] 1 FLR 1089
Satheeswaran v SSHD [2007] EWHC 882 (Admin)
Ali & Anor v SSHD [2006] EWCA Civ 846
Haji & Ors v SSHD [2006] EWCA Civ 206
Murua v SSHD [2006] EWCA Civ 38
Mironyenko v SSHD [2005] EWHC 375 (Admin)
Sivanesan v SSHD [2004] EWCA Civ 126
MP (Risk – MCDDI-Lari Ethnicity) Congo CG [2004] UKIAT 00002
Education
Politics & East Asian Studies First Class Honours
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Professional Memberships
FBLA
ALC
Languages
Basic Korean, French and Spanish
Area of Law: Family
— Read moreThe Judge made a Special Guardianship Order without there being a DBS check on the proposed special guardian.
Area of Law: Family
— Read moreThe maternal grandfather in the matter was a diplomat of a High Commission.
Area of Law: Family
— Read moreThe father’s case for contact was dismissed has he had failed to attend a fact finding hearing.
Area of Law: Family
— Read moreThe matter concerned a mother with a learning disability and the Judge considered that it was reasonable for her to have an extended period of assessment.
Area of Law: Family
— Read moreThe Judge at first instance had ruled that the mother should return both children to Canada where they were habitually resident.
Area of Law: Family
— Read moreOne Pump Court's Julia Gasparro has co-written the tenth edition of the Immigration Law Handbook.
Area of Law: Personal Immigration Business Immigration
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