Justin Gau
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 2 : Ecclesiastical Law
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About
Provided by Justin Gau
Practice Areas
Justin Gau has practiced in Ecclesiastical law for many years. He is Chancellor of the Dioceses of Bristol and St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, and Deputy Chancellor of the Dioceses of Lincoln and Bath and Wells. He is a former case notes editor of the Ecclesiastical Law Journal. He has long experience in Clergy Discipline tribunals, Consistory Court hearings and appeals to the Court of Arches. As an ordained Priest in the Stepney area of the Diocese of London he brings invaluable practical insights into Clergy Disciplinary matters and contested Faculty applications. He has wide experience in the fields of Employment and Disciplinary and Regulatory law involving professionals, both lay and ordained.
Career
Called by Middle Temple in 1989. Deputy Chancellor Lincoln 2004, Legal Assessor GMC 2007, Legal Advisor GDC 2010, Ordained 2011, Chancellor of Bristol 2011, Deputy Chancellor Bath and Wells 2011, Legal Assessor NMC 2012, Legal Advisor GCC 2012, Chancellor of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich 2021.
Professional Memberships
Ecclesiastical Judges Association, Ecclesiastical Law Society, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers, Western Circuit.
Personal
LlB (London), BTh (Cantab), Athenaeum.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Justin Gau is a respected junior whose practice spans the full scope of ecclesiastical law. He is Chancellor of the Diocese of Bristol and Deputy Chancellor of theDiocesesof Lincoln and Bath and Wells. Gau has also appeared in the consistory courts as an advocate and in the Court of Appeal as an ecclesiastical law expert.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Justin Gau is committed to his clients and will use his extensive repertoire of advocacy to fight their case. Mr Gau's personal and lived experience of the Church brings a USP to his work."
"Justin Gau is a superb lawyer in every way. I have every confidence in him to do an excellent job every time."
"Justin Gau is committed to his clients and will use his extensive repertoire of advocacy to fight their case. Mr Gau's personal and lived experience of the Church brings a USP to his work."
"Justin Gau is a superb lawyer in every way. I have every confidence in him to do an excellent job every time."
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