Overview
Graham is a family law specialist with a substantial breadth of experience in both children and matrimonial cases. He is well recognised for excellence in written and oral advocacy and is always impeccably well prepared. Graham is highly regarded for his detailed preparation and forensic approach to case presentation and cross-examination.
Graham is excellent at establishing a rapport with clients quickly. He has a calm and reassuring manner which enables him to build a relationship with his clients, one built on trust, understanding and empathy. Graham’s approach means that he is able to make a real difference to people’s lives.
Family
Graham is a family law specialist with a substantial breadth of experience in both child and matrimonial cases. He is well recognised for excellence in written and oral advocacy.
Public Law
Graham has developed particular expertise in complex and serious public law proceedings and is increasingly instructed by local authorities in cases involving technical expert evidence, serious sexual and ritual abuse (historic and recent) and cases with an international dimension. Graham has notably appeared over the last eighteen months in cases involving multiple fractures, serious enclosed head injury, multi-generational sex abuse and the systematic abuse of a child where capacity issues were relevant. Graham has successfully represented both local authorities and alleged perpetrator clients.
Matrimonial
Graham’s matrimonial practice encompasses all forms of complex financial provision litigation and related cases, with particular emphasis on substantial assets and those with business and trust interests. He has most recently undertaken cases involving a ‘Barder’ claim; the significance of entirely inherited wealth; the complex ownership of familial farming assets; the dissipation of substantial matrimonial assets; the innovative structure of a pension claim to maximise benefits for both parties; a short marriage case involving a claim for compensation; a set aside application based on a claim of ‘non-marriage’ overseas; and cases involving the implications of a POCA order on the distribution of matrimonial assets. Graham frequently appears in multi-day cases and has experience of high net worth clients.
Graham is also regularly instructed to advise on and to draft pre and post nuptial settlements.
Graham frequently appears in multi-day cases and has experience of working with high net-worth clients.
Education Law and Special Educational Needs
Graham has a significant practice in Special Educational Needs and Disability cases and has considerable experience acting for several local authorities nationwide in First-tier Tribunal proceedings.
These include appeals against all aspects of an EHCP, including extended appeals, cases where EOTAS is requested and those involving an extended day curriculum for young persons. Graham is familiar with incompatibility arguments relating to the efficient education of others and the efficient use of resources. Graham has experience of discrimination claims. Graham recently gave a presentation to solicitors at the Southern Region’s Children’s Services & Education Group.
Graham also provides advice on appeals to the Upper Tribunal and case preparation generally.
Education
LL.B (Hons), Brunel University
Prescribed Information
Graham Bailey is a practising barrister, who is regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Details of information held by the BSB about Mr. Bailey can be found here.
Mr. Bailey’s clerks will happily provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that he provides. Their contact details can be found here. It is most common for Mr. Bailey to undertake Court services for a brief fee plus refresher days. For advisory work, paperwork and conferences it is most commonly charged at an hourly rate although fixed fees are available. Mr Bailey accepts instructions on legal aid rates where those are available, details of which can be found here. Mr. Bailey will typically return paperwork within 10-14 days, however professional commitments, complexity and volume of documentation can affect these approximate timescales.
