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"Julie is unparalleled in some areas in terms of her experience and she knows how to approach things."

Chambers and Partners, 2025

"People speak very highly of her; she has a very good practice and is good with her clients as well."

Chambers UK 2025 - A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession

"She fights her corner and understands the challenges that clients face."

Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession, 2023

"She provides excellent strategic advice in law firm investigations."

Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession, 2023

"She knows her stuff in the field and gets to the bottom of things quickly, giving very useful and practical advice."

Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession 2023

"An extension to our team. Julie was thoughtful, assertive, and reassuring."

Chambers UK 2023 - A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession

"It is rare to meet such a mastermind at the legal and regulatory level. She provided a comprehensive, strategic and empathic response to me as a client alongside an absolutely rigorous and masterful representation of my case."

Chambers UK 2022 - A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession

“Julie Norris is highly composed and intellectual – an absolute leader in her field.”

Legal 500 UK 2022

Julie is a partner in the Regulatory team. She predominantly acts in the legal services sector, advising law firms, solicitors, and barristers on regulatory compliance, investigations, adjudication, enforcement, and prosecutions.
 

Julie is top ranked in both major legal directories for her work in the regulatory field.

Clients come to Julie for advice on regulatory issues that affect their ability to practice or run their organisations, as well as those regulatory issues that may impact their reputation or professional standing. 

Julie is frequently instructed to advise in advance of any Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) interest or at the outset of an SRA investigation. She has conducted a large number of cases arising out of the #metoo movement and has an impressive track record for halting investigations pre-hearing. Julie has particular expertise and interest in AML and CTF and is accredited by the Law Society, having successfully completed its Advanced AML examination.

Julie regularly advises firms and chambers in inquiries and investigations instigated by regulators, or commenced of their own initiative. Julie’s early career at the criminal bar and “…mastery of criminal law and procedure and its application to regulatory work...” (Chambers UK) means that Julie is particularly well placed to advise clients in regulatory investigations with a criminal angle.

Julie also advises barristers in proceedings before the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and judges in Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) investigations.

As a recognised expert in her field, Julie regularly speaks at industry events, including for the International Bar Association, The Law Society and the Association of Partnership Practitioners, as well as writing in journals and other publications. Julie is a Legal assessor for the British Acupuncture Council.

Julie is a champion for workplace disability inclusion and is vice chair of the firm’s Enable group. Julie is listed in the Pro Bono Recognition List 2025.

Recent work

  • Undertaking an internal investigation for a law firm into serious allegations of counter inclusive behaviour
  • Undertaking an internal investigation for a law firm into allegations of harassment by a partner
  • Advising a senior partner in respect of SRA allegations into historic sexual allegations
  • Advising a senior partner in an SRA investigation relating to a potential conflict of interest (securing closure of the case)
  • Advising a non-SRA regulated entity on AML supervision
  • Advising a law firm partner on conflict of interest through their involvement in a new business model
  • Advising a law firm undertaking claims management work on SRA allegations relating to supervision and FSMA 2000
  • Advising a law firm on historical non-compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017
  • Advising a partner in respect of an allegation of breaches of the Solicitors Accounts Rules
  • Representing a barrister in allegations of misleading the court (with no dishonesty or lack of integrity found) and securing a reduction in sanction on appeal
  • Representing a barrister in relation to harassment proceedings
  • Advising a judge in a JCIO investigation on allegations of alleged misuse of social media
  • Advising a judge in a JCIO investigation on allegations of alleged theft

 

What clients and directories have said

People speak very highly of her; she has a very good practice and is good with her clients as well."

Chambers and Partners, 2025

Julie is unparalleled in some areas in terms of her experience and she knows how to approach things."

Chambers UK 2025 - A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession

I worked with Julie Norris and Jessica Clay. I have worked in the legal industry for 19 years and I would rate them as the best team I have worked with in terms of human intelligence and strategy. Compassion and emotional intelligence are a much under-used quality in the profession and they both have it in abundance."

Legal 500 UK 2022

Julie Norris is composed and intellectual.”

Legal 500 UK 2022

the highest accolade I could give Julie is that I would recommend her to a friend or family member in trouble. She is the consummate professional, intelligent, calm ‘under fire’ and very hardworking. A very safe pair of hands."

Legal 500 2020

very tenacious at defending professionals, good and reassuring client manner."

Legal 500 2020

She's very good, she's hard-working and she makes very good tactical judgements."

Chambers UK, A Clients Guide to the UK Legal Profession,  2019

She has a mastery of the detail and is a great tactician.

Chambers UK, A Clients Guide to the UK Legal Profession,  2018

razor-sharp" and "her knowledge and expertise concerning professional discipline is unrivalled."

Chambers UK, A Clients Guide to the UK Legal Profession,  2017

She is exceptional adding that "she has a mastery of the detail and is a great tactician."

Chambers UK, A Clients Guide to the UK Legal Profession,  2018

She is praised for her "incisive, clear and intelligent" approach to cases

Legal 500 UK 2015

Defence work is overseen by the ‘articulate, fluid and highly skilled' Julie Norris.”

Legal 500, 2014

...'She has a mastery of criminal law and procedure and its application to regulatory work – her cross-examinations are truly brilliant'.

Chambers UK, A Clients Guide to the UK Legal Profession,  2014

 

Publications and articles

 

Professional societies and memberships

 

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Blogs

The Lawyer: Focus on our Legal Regulatory Services team

The Revised Guide to Judicial Conduct: what’s new?

BSB issues new Social Media Guidance

Legal advice: understanding the UK's revised Russia sanctions

Law firms: radical reform on the cards for the future supervision of AML

AML and Sanctions Update for Legal Practitioners and Law Firms – August 2023

SANCTIONS: UK lawyers restricted from advising in transactional/non-contentious matters for those tied to the Russia regime: new regulations coming into force on 30 June 2023

AML Update For Legal Practitioners and Law Firms - May 2023

Should ‘good’ barristers be allowed to decline to act for ‘bad’ clients? Client selection and the impact on the rule of law (long read)

New rules for judges to tackle counter-inclusive behaviours

Our ‘at a glance’ guide for law firms: SRA guidance on effective supervision

Unlimited SRA fines on the horizon

Baseless complaints: beware disclosure

Hybrid working: how can firms manage the risks?

AML update for legal practitioners and law firms – July 2022

Moving with the times

Returning to the office? MeToo

Ethical imperatives

Preventing solicitor burn-out: more than ‘just an HR issue’

How many more Claire Matthews have been victim of a regulatory systems failure?

More clarity needed from the SRA on boundaries concerning sexual misconduct and harassment in law firms

Where have we reached on costs in proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal post Beckwith?

The SRA’s updated NDA warning notice introduces welcome clarity

Has COVID made the legal workplace more disability inclusive?

FAQs : The SRA's early character and suitability assessment

Getting it right from the start: University policies for dealing with non-academic misconduct complaints

Do you know what your regulatory obligations are before becoming a Trustee?

Can one regulator investigate conduct associated with a Registrant’s other profession?

The call for emergency legislation to protect doctors from GMC investigations for rationing decisions made during the Coronavirus crisis

Promoting a good working culture in law firms - Part 3: The importance of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives in promoting a good working culture

Promoting a good working culture in law firms - Part 2: The importance of wellbeing in the workplace

Remote consultations during COVID-19: a doctor’s judgment as to when a face to face appointment is ‘clinically required’

Promoting a good working culture in law firms - Part 1: What is a manager's role?

Reflections on Westminster Higher Education Conference, Priorities for tackling sexual violence and harassment in higher education

Testing in Testing Times: WADA Anti-Doping Guidance for Athletes in light of COVID-19

Welcome guidance on the approach to valuations from RICS during Coronavirus pandemic

The Bar: do Barristers have to go to court during the coronavirus pandemic? - an update

COVID-19 & The Bar: Do barristers have to go to court?

A review of ethical standards for RICS Chartered Surveyors: avoiding conflict when carrying out Red Book valuations

StaRs: The new ‘freelance’ solicitor: practical aspects and our predictions

SRA and the regulation of your personal life

What will the StaRs mean for you?

Universities lack the skills to properly investigate sexual misconduct claims

Innocent until proven guilty: how universities must handle sexual allegations

Getting disability inclusion on the agenda; being diversish is not enough…

New non-financial conduct reporting requirements for the big six auditing firms

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