Barristers

Crash Wigley

Crash Wigley

Position

Crash accepts instructions across Chambers' areas of practice, with a particular interest in all aspects of public and administrative law.
Crash is a public, planning, environmental and property law barrister. In public and administrative law matters, she has broad expertise covering immigration law, housing and homelessness, education, Equality Act matters and human rights law.

Prior to joining Landmark, Crash worked as the Judicial Assistant to Lord Lloyd-Jones JSC at the Supreme Court. Crash is a Welsh speaker and has particular interest in Welsh law and devolution matters. She is a teaching associate in law at Cardiff University, where she teaches contract law and equity and trusts.

Crash is committed to access to justice matters. She is the chair of trustees and a founding member of North Wales Community Law, and a former chair of Young Legal Aid Lawyers.

Crash accepts instructions on the Attorney General’s Junior Junior scheme, and is a member of the Welsh Government’s Junior Barrister Public Law Scheme.

Crash recently published a blog on UK Constitutional Law Association discussing the For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16  judgment. Click here to read the article.

Memberships

Qualifications

Bar Training Course (LLM), Cardiff University, Outstanding/Distinction Graduate Diploma in Law, Cardiff University, Distinction Tystysgrif Sgiliau Iaith, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, Rhagoriaeth (Welsh Language Skills Certificate, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, Distinction) Harlech Scholar, Harvard University BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Oxford University, 2.1

Awards

Bar Training Course (Cardiff University): Highest overall mark in the year with highest marks for civil litigation, criminal litigation, trial advocacy, civil advocacy, conferencing, opinion writing and legal research. Graduate Diploma in Law (Cardiff University): Highest overall mark in the year.

Scholarships

Baroness Hale of Richmond Scholarship, Gray's Inn – 2020 Master’s Excellence Scholarship, Cardiff University – 2020 Harlech Scholarship, Harvard University – 2015 New College Scholarship for distinction in first-year examinations, Oxford University – 2013

Memberships

Public Law Wales Administrative Law Bar Association Court of Protection Bar Association Young Legal Aid Lawyers FreeBar

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