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Michele Friel

Michele Friel

Work Department

Family Law

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 in 1991.

Qualified as a Children Arbitrator in 2017.

Memberships

Member of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Family Law Bar Association.

West Midlands Family Law Bar Association.

Resolution.

Association of Lawyers for Children.

Midland Circuit

Education

LLB (Hons).

Mentions

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