# Julius Grey > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Julius_Grey > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Julius_Grey.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Grey > Source revision: 1353784360 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian lawyer and academic}} {{Infobox person |name = Julius Grey |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|01|11}} |birth_place = [Wrocław](/source/Wroc%C5%82aw), [Poland](/source/Poland) |alma_mater = [McGill University](/source/McGill_University) |occupation = Lawyer, university professor |spouse = Lynne Casgrain }} '''Julius H. Grey''' (born January 11, 1948) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [lawyer](/source/lawyer) and university [professor](/source/professor). He is particularly known for his expertise in constitutional and human rights law. He is a senior partner at the law firm Grey Casgrain, s.e.n.c.{{Cite web|url=https://greycasgrain.com/|title=Montreal Law Firm Grey Casgrain s.e.n.c.|date=November 7, 2019}} Born in [Wrocław](/source/Wroc%C5%82aw), [Poland](/source/Poland), he received a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree in 1971, a [Bachelor of Civil Law](/source/Bachelor_of_Civil_Law) degree in 1971, and a [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts) degree in 1973 from [McGill University](/source/McGill_University). Grey has been a member of the [Quebec](/source/Quebec) Bar and the [Canadian Bar Association](/source/Canadian_Bar_Association) since 1974. Since 1976 he has been involved in numerous associations such as the Canadian Foundation for Individual Rights, serving as its president from 1985 to 1988. He was a professor of law at McGill University from 1977 until 2002.{{Cite web|url=http://greycasgrain.com/portfolio/portfolio-1/|title=Julius H. Grey {{!}} Grey Casgrain s.e.n.c|website=greycasgrain.com|language=en-CA|access-date=2018-01-30|archive-date=2018-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131140846/http://greycasgrain.com/portfolio/portfolio-1/|url-status=dead}} Mr. Grey was awarded the Médaille du Barreau du Québec, which is the highest distinction a member can receive.{{Cite web |date=2015-06-29 |title=Top Attorneys of North America - Julius H. Grey |url=https://whoswhopr.com/2015/06/top-attorney-julius-h-grey/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |language=en}} In 1982, Grey defended two Montreal writers, Henry Srebrnik and Shloime Perel, who had published an article, "Signs of the Times," in the January 22 issue of the [Jerusalem Post](/source/Jerusalem_Post), which summarized the anxiety then being experienced by the Montreal Jewish community following the election in November 1976 of the Parti Québécois. On February 17, the newspaper [Le Devoir](/source/Le_Devoir) attacked the [Post](/source/Jerusalem_Post) article, under the sensationalist headline "La diaspora de Montréal est menacée par l’anti-sémitisme." A day later an editorial, "Le Québec discrédité en Israël," appeared in the paper. Grey filed a suit in Quebec Superior Court, charging that the authors had been the victims of a hate campaign. [Le Devoir](/source/Le_Devoir) finally settled out of court and printed an apology on its op-ed page on December 17, 1985.Michael Brown, Jew or Juif?: Jews, French Canadians, and Anglo-Canadians, 1759-1914 (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1987), p. 263; Jacques Langlais and David Rome, Juifs et Québécois Français: 200 Ans D'histoire Commune (Montreal: Fides, 1986), p. 235. Grey assisted in annulling a stipulation in the [Charte de la langue française](/source/Charte_de_la_langue_fran%C3%A7aise) ([Bill 101](/source/Bill_101)) that forbade the application of different languages on business signboards. Presently, French must merely be the predominant language, but others are allowed.{{cite web |last1=Delmar |first1=Dan |title=30 years of Bill 101 |url=http://thesuburban.com/content.jsp?sid=52587912049037406013812429691&ctid=1000000&cnid=1012582#selection-1567.0-1567.20 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070927184607/http://thesuburban.com/content.jsp?sid=52587912049037406013812429691&ctid=1000000&cnid=1012582#selection-1567.0-1567.20 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 September 2007 |website=archive.today |publisher=The Suburban (Montreal) |accessdate=12 April 2019 |date=27 September 2007}} Grey supported ''[La servante écarlate](/source/The_Handmaid's_Tale)'' by [Margaret Atwood](/source/Margaret_Atwood), the [French](/source/French_language) translation of ''The Handmaid's Tale'', in the French version of ''[Canada Reads](/source/Canada_Reads)'', broadcast on [Radio-Canada](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation) in 2004. Grey defended the periodical ''La Presse Chinoise'' against a defamation lawsuit filed by members of [Falun Gong](/source/Falun_Gong). In 2005, the [Superior Court of Quebec](/source/Superior_Court_of_Quebec) ruled that the articles published by the newspaper did not qualify as defamation. A subsequent ruling by the [Quebec Court of Appeal](/source/Quebec_Court_of_Appeal) in June 2008 upheld the verdict, on the basis that any defamation was of the Falun Gong leadership and organisation, and not something for which any individual members of the Falun Gong could claim damages.{{Cite web|url=https://canlii.ca/t/1x1br|title=Zhang c. Chau, 2008 QCCA 961 (CanLII)|access-date=2025-12-01|website=CanLii}} In 2006, Grey also represented the plaintiff in [Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys](/source/Multani_v._Commission_scolaire_Marguerite-Bourgeoys), when the landmark case on religious discrimination and administrative law reached the [Supreme Court of Canada](/source/Supreme_Court_of_Canada).{{Cite web|URL=https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/2006/2006scc6/2006scc6.html}} Grey has publicly supported the [New Democratic Party](/source/New_Democratic_Party_(Canada)) and [Québec Solidaire](/source/Qu%C3%A9bec_Solidaire), despite being a federalist. He was rumoured to be a future star candidate for the party in Montreal, following that party's successful capture of [Outremont](/source/Outremont_(electoral_district)) in a by-election by [Thomas Mulcair](/source/Thomas_Mulcair) on September 17, 2007;{{Cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/882245.html|title = Saltwire | Halifax}} however, he did not run in the 2008 or 2011 general elections. Although he considered running in the [2015 Canadian federal election](/source/42nd_Canadian_federal_election), he did not.Normandin, Pierre-André.[http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/201110/14/01-4457083-julius-grey-aimerait-devenir-depute.php "Julius Grey aimerait devenir député."] ''La Presse'', 14 October 2011. Grey is married to Lynne Casgrain, ombudsman of the [McGill University Health Centre](/source/McGill_University_Health_Centre) and daughter of former Québec cabinet minister [Claire Kirkland-Casgrain](/source/Claire_Kirkland-Casgrain).[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/claire-kirkland-casgrain-was-quebecs-first-female-legislator/article29502344/ Claire Kirkland-Casgrain was Quebec’s first female legislator] Lisa Fitterman, Globe and Mail Apr. 01, 2016 ==References== * {{cite web|url=http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=grealis&t=91522&d=1541|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997: Julius Grey|accessdate=April 4, 2006}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070510214847/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/rights-and-freedoms/023021-1500-e.html "The ''Charter:'' Its Achievements and Its Detractors"], Library and Archives Canada {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.tolerance.ca/GrandesFigures03.asp?Langue=2 Julius Grey: In Praise of Freedom] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grey, Julius}} Category:1948 births Category:Living people Category:Lawyers from Montreal Category:Lawyers from Wrocław Category:Writers from Wrocław Category:Writers from Montreal Category:Jewish Canadian non-fiction writers Category:McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Category:Academic staff of the McGill University Faculty of Law Category:Anglophone Quebec people Category:Canadian people of Polish-Jewish descent Category:Canadian legal scholars Category:Canadian free speech activists Category:Canadian democratic socialists Category:Beaubien–Casgrain family --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Julius Grey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Grey) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Grey?action=history)). 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