“He is fearless and committed to his case” – Legal 500
Joseff is a specialist family barrister, who regularly appears at all levels of the Family Court within both public and private law proceedings.
He is recognised as a Tier 1 Leading Junior within the latest edition of the Legal 500 2027 directory.
He has appeared in all levels of tribunal up to the Court of Appeal in complex proceedings, and regularly advises and represents in cases of serious injury to children.
Joseff has extensive experience in the full range of private children matters. He is frequently instructed to represent parents in complex and acrimonious applications, including cases involving allegations of sexual assault, domestic violence, parental alienation and issues of international relocation.
“A thorough and tenacious junior” – Legal 500, 2026, Leading Juniors.
“He is confident, articulate and structured in his written and oral work. His written work is always of a very high standard, and he is extremely committed to producing work of an excellent standard and ensuring that he is fully up-to-date with the relevant law. Client appear to really like, and he is well thought of by his colleagues and judges alike” – Legal 500, 2027, Leading Juniors
Joseff has also written several articles on the merits of remote working for the profession and is a conversational Welsh speaker.
Joseff frequently appears for the Local Authority, parents, interveners and guardians in all aspects of public care and emergency applications.
He has appeared in all levels of tribunal up to the Court of Appeal in complex proceedings, and regularly advises and represents in cases of inflicted injury for both public bodies and parents.
Joseff has extensive experience in all areas of private children law, and has built a busy and established practice in the Family Court.
He is regularly instructed in cases involving allegations of physical, psychological and sexual abuse. Joseff routinely deals with applications for change of residence, external and internal relocation, education provision and special guardianship orders.
Children – Public Law
- Re M (Children: Findings of Fact) [2024] EWCA Civ 1290 – Appeal counsel for the Children’s Guardian successfully resisting an appeal brought by the Appellant Father to serious findings of sexual abuse.
- Re X – Leading Junior Counsel for the Children’s Guardian in lengthy High Court proceedings relating to the severe physical abuse of a young child.
- Re Y – Led by Kate Hughes KC in High Court proceedings involving inter-parental murder.
Children – Private Law
- Re E – Secured substantial and numerous findings against a parent in relation to emotional harm of the child, and parental alienation of the separated parent.
- Re H – Successfully represented a parent in acrimonious proceedings seeking to resist the relocation of their child by the separated parent.
Joseff has extensive pro-bono experience within his practice, and has worked with:
- Bridging the Bar, a charity committed to increasing the equality of access to opportunities in the legal profession across all underrepresented groups;
- Young Citizens, a charity that conducts an annual national mock trial competition in comprehensive schools throughout Wales;
- Lord Edmund Davies Legal Education Trust (LEDLET), a charity established to serve young people living in Wales or having a connection with Wales who are interested in entering the legal profession.
Joseff has also served as Head of the Wales and Chester Circuit’s EDI Committee, as the Circuit’s representative on the Bar Council’s Race Panel and the Cardiff Junior of Circuit.
Joseff founded and currently co-ordinates a programme with the Welsh Government to deliver barrister workshops to state-educated students in Wales.
- Llandovery College
- Loughborough University, English, First Class Hons.
- Cardiff University, GDipLaw (Commendation) & BPTC (Very Competent)
- Prince of Wales Scholarship, Grays Inn
- Pegasus Scholarship, Inner Temple
- Norman Tapp Memorial Prize, Grays Inn
- DuCann Prize Finalist, Grays Inn.
- Goddard Scholar, Grays Inn.
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