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Megan Rhys

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Work Department

Crime
Family Children

Position

Megan is a senior criminal law barrister and regularly appears before the Crown Court. She deals with all types of serious offences but has a particular specialism in cases involving serious sexual offences and child cruelty.

Megan is a grade 4 prosecutor and a member of the CPS Rape and Serious Sexual Offences panel.

Megan acts on behalf of both the prosecution and the defence and always ensures that advice is given at an early stage.

Megan has extensive experience of dealing with vulnerable witnesses, both children and adults with difficulties. She has conducted many cases where witnesses have required the assistance of intermediaries. She is firm but sensitive in her manner and is often praised on her ability to put people at ease.

For the first 12 years of her practice, Megan did a balanced mix of family and criminal law. Thereafter, she has practised exclusively in criminal law with a particular specialism in serious sexual offences and child cruelty cases.

Megan has recently returned to family law and has acted for Local Authorities, parents and children.

Megan has a wealth of experience in dealing with vulnerable people, both children and also adults with difficulties. She is firm but sensitive in her manner and strives to achieve the best results for clients. Through her criminal practice, she is used to dealing with allegations of sexual, physical and emotional abuse against both children and adults within a family context, including allegations of controlling and coercive behaviour.

Megan is able to undertake both private and public law children cases.

Career

Megan read law at the University of Sheffield achieving both LLB (Hons) and LLM (with distinction). She was called to the Bar in 1994 by the Inner Temple.

Memberships

• Criminal Bar Association