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Michele Friel
Position
Michele is a children law specialist with an extensive background in public law and private law children work. Her practice is representing parents, grandparents, children and all other family members in cases involving child arrangements orders including high conflict and intractable disputes, applications to remove children from the jurisdiction, applications to relocate children within the jurisdiction, specific issues relating to education, medical and religion, issues of mental health, fact-finding hearings and domestic abuse within families. Michele has an extensive background of representing local authorities, parents and children in public law cases involving serious injuries to children, complex medical issues and adoption.
Career
Called to the Bar 1991.
Memberships
Midland Circuit; West Midlands Family Bar Association; Family Bar Association; Association of Lawyers for Children.
Education
LLB (Hons).
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Family: children and domestic violence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Michele Friel – No5 Barristers’ Chambers ‘Michele is an exceptional barrister. She is thorough and amazingly professional. She understandably delivers advice and will give everything to each case.’
Birmingham-led national set No5 Barristers’ Chambers has a ‘wide range of barristers available who are excellent at dealing with private children law matters’. Stefano Nuvoloni KC has significant expertise in matters related to the death or serious injury of children, murder of a parent, and sexual abuse. Kristina Brown is an ‘expert on public children law’ and regularly appears before all levels of court, including the High Court. Victoria Clifford is praised for her ‘excellent attention to detail and phenomenal advocacy’ and has experience of handling children cases with an international element, while ‘thorough and amazingly professional barrister’ Michele Friel regularly acts as arbitrator in disputes involving children. Adreeja Chatterjee was appointed a Circuit Judge in October 2023.