Julie Norris

Chambers UK 2011: "extremely effective tribunals advocate."

Julie joined the Regulatory and Professional Discipline Department of Kingsley Napley LLP in 2007 and was made a Partner in 2011. She is a barrister of 10 years’ call with expertise in the associated fields of professional discipline, regulation and public law, acting for both regulators and professionals.  Julie is ranked in Chambers and Partners 2010 as a 'Leader in the Field' and an 'Associate to Watch'.

Julie works with a number of regulatory authorities, including the Health Professions Council, the Teaching Agency, the Security Industry Authority and the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. Julie provides policy advice to the firm’s clients, on matters such as compliance, evidence and procedure related to professional discipline regimes. As an experienced advocate, Julie regularly appears before the statutory committees of many of the large national regulators, as well as in the High Court.

As co-author of The Law of Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions - A practical guide (February 2011, Oxford University Press), Julie is an authoritative source on all aspects of regulatory enforcement, and in particular, can advise local authorities, businesses and regulatory authorities on the impact of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008, including the setting up and running of Primary Authority and the use of civil sanctions. 

Julie is on a panel of lawyers who undertake pro bono representation of students at hearings of the Lincoln’s Inns' Conduct Committee and Appeals before the Visitors to the Inns of Court.  

Professional Societies:

• The Bar Council
• Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers

Other information:

• Co-author of The Law of Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions - A practical guide, (February 2011, Oxford University Press). Described as “an authoritative compendium of current law and practice”, it is the only text to provide comprehensive coverage of the new regulatory enforcement regime, dealing with the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 and the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
• Contributing editor to Kingsley Napley: Serious Fraud, Investigation and Trial, Fourth edition [2008]
• Committee member of the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
• Editor of the departmental newsletters, The Regulator and the e-Regulator