JOYE  (JOY)  ELLERAY  practices in  the Commonwealth  family law jurisdiction

Ms Elleray signed the Victorian Bar Roll in June 1984 some 38 years ago and has a wealth of experience as Counsel. It is trite to say that she has witnessed many changes to the law and life at the Bar.

Prior to coming to the Bar and  reading  with Chis Dane QC ( now deceased) Joy  tutored at Monash University  in the early days of setting up what has now become Monash Oakleigh Legal Service albeit for only a few semesters  before joining Coady Dwyer and Associates as the firm’s very first female Solicitor in 1981.

 Judge Heather Carter  (Retired) moved Joy’s admission in 1981 and after  3 years  Joy went to the Bar .

 After many years of appearing in most suburban and regional State Courts the DPP ( as it was then known ) began to Brief her to prosecute  in County Court matters including arduous back to back Trials in sexual offence  cases and criminal matters generally  whilst “keeping her hand in “ the Family Law jurisdiction.

Around the time of her second child being born (1998) Joy made the decision to accept only family law Briefs and continues to do so to present day preferring now to accept only complicated Parenting matters.

 In addition to this Joy  also accepts briefs in contested private Intervention Order cases in the State Magistrates Courts.

Joy is a member of the Family Law Bar Association and a founding member of the Women Barristers Association where she has been the WBA’s Treasurer for the past 29 years.