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Michele Friel

UK Bar 2026

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Family: Children - Midlands (Bar)

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Michele Friel is a standout practitioner specialising in private law children work, with extensive experience in issues ranging from abuse and adoption to parental alienation and fabricated induced illness. She is a well-known advocate in complex children cases and is also a qualified arbitrator.

Strengths

Michele is strategic in her advice and robust. Her advocacy and cross-examination skills are second to none. She is our go-to barrister for complicated Children Act cases.

Michele Friel is extremely knowledgeable and her preparation is always spot-on. She is responsive and works collaboratively to achieve the best outcome for the children involved.

Michele is simply excellent with complex private law children work. She is the go-to barrister at this set.

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