JUNIOR PROFILE
Justin Gau

Justin Gau

UK Bar 2026

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About

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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.

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Ecclesiastical Law - All Circuits

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Band 2

Individual Editorial

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 the Dioceses of 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

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  • Justin Gau is extremely easy to work with and very client-focused.

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  • Justin Gau is outstanding, wise, accessible and able.

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