Juliana M. Snelling

Email: jsnelling@canterburylaw.bm

Juliana Snelling (born Horseman), barrister and attorney, is a Rhodes Scholar and Director of Canterbury Law Ltd., member of the Bar of England & Wales (1994), Law Society of England & Wales (2001), the Bermuda Bar (1995) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Ms. Snelling’s principal work involves advising local and multi-national companies, public authorities and  high-level business executives on Bermuda employment, labour, immigration and human rights law issues.

She also advises in civil disputes generally, including contract and tort disputes, landlord tenant, defamation cases and personal injury matters.

Since 2018, Ms. Snelling serves as Counsel on the Bermuda Medical Council, advising the governing medical body on legal issues affecting medical practitioners to help maintain high standards of practice of medicine on the Island. She served for three years as Chair of Bermuda’s Land Valuation Appeal Tribunal and on the Treatment of Offenders’ Board in the Island’s prisons. She also served for six years on the Professional Conduct Committee of the Bermuda Bar Association. 

In 2012 she co-founded the boutique litigation and employment advisory firm Canterbury Law Limited with fellow director Mr. Paul Harshaw; they are assisted by two Associate Attorneys and an all-Bermudian support staff. Canterbury Law is proud to have mentored many  young Bermudians in the field of law.  

Canterbury Law is the exclusive Bermuda member of the Employment Law Alliance (ELA.Law), a global network of employment/labour/immigration attorneys Top Ranked by Chambers Global (2021), who provide advice in over 120 countries, all 50 U.S. states, and every Canadian province. This allows our attorneys to provide immediate high-quality advice that is worldwide in scope for our multi-national clients. 

Ms. Snelling’s education includes:

• Graduate, Inns of Court School of Law (Outstanding Designation), London, England (1993-1994)
• B.A. (Jurisprudence), St. John’s College, Oxford University (First Degree, Rhodes Scholar), England (1991-1993)
• UCLA School of Law, California (1990-1991)
• B.A. (History), Stanford University, California (Phi Beta Kappa Hons.) (1985-1989)
• L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, France (1986-1987)

The 2020 Who’s Who Legal: Labour, Employment & Benefits 2020 wrote: 

“Juliana Snelling is an exquisite lawyer with extensive experience in complex workplace disputes.” 

As published in Bermuda’s daily newspaper The Royal Gazette in 2019:

“Ms. Snelling of Canterbury Law Limited has been nominated as one of the leading practitioners in her field of employment and labour law and was named in the Who’s Who Legal: Labour, Employments and Benefits 2019 publication. It is the second time Ms. Snelling has featured in the Who’s Who Legal series, after she was named in the Labour and Employment publication for 2018.”

The 2018 edition of Who’s Who Legal Labour & Employment wrote:

“Juliana Snelling stands apart as the top labour and employment lawyer in Bermuda, according to our research, thanks to her comprehensive understanding of the area.”

The 2017 edition of Who’s Who stated:

“Juliana Snelling is one of the foremost employment lawyers in Bermuda and is recognized as a formidable litigator and disputes expert.”

In 2012 and 2015 Ms. Snelling won “Best of Bermuda Awards” in The Bermudian magazine for being Bermuda’s “Most Tenacious Lawyer” and for being the “go to” lawyer for employment/ immigration advice. 

In 2011, she was recognized by the Bermuda Government as one of the 100 Women honorees, an award that highlights the achievements of 100 women in Bermuda who have had a positive impact on the Island of Bermuda in the business sector.

She is the author of the Bermuda Chapter of Carter-Ruck on Libel and Privacy (6th ed. 2010), Reed Elsevier (UK) Ltd. and author of the Bermuda Chapter of The Employment Law Review (8th-11th eds.  9th and 10th eds. (2017-2020), Law Research Business Ltd. (UK).

When not  lawyering, Ms. Snelling, through Canterbury Law support and resources, founded and continues to manage two community-action initiatives:

(i) The Grateful Bread (2017), a group of volunteers who feed and donate household goods to the needy in Bermuda each month at a social celebration, bringing together residents from all racial and social sector backgrounds to help heal divisions in society; and

(ii) SPS.bm (Support Public Schools, Bermuda) whose mission is to equip public school students with the instructional resources they need for a better-quality education. In 2019 SPS.bm was selected by The Bermudian magazine as the winner of their Public and Service Award in the category of Company Community Project.