Darren Howe KC and Francesca Wiley KC appointed as Joint Heads of Brighton Annexe - Oct 2024
Francesca practices at the very highest level in both Private and Public Law Children Act cases, particularly where there are profoundly serious allegations against the parties.
Prior to joining the Family Bar, she specialised in Criminal and Human Rights Law and as a result, much of her work covers the crossover between the family and criminal jurisdictions. This includes very many cases where there is a need for fact-finding and consequential or concurrent applications and investigations in criminal proceedings. Francesca specialises in cases where clients or other parties have been accused of murder, attempted murder of their children or partners, sexual abuse, paedophile rings, trafficking, radicalisation, and other very serious offences. Such cases often require medical and factual cross-examination of the highest calibre.
Francesca has a further interest in matters involving underlying medical issues for children and adults, ranging from underlying genetic, bone and vascular disorders to factitious disorders and cases where an opposing party may have profound, yet undiagnosed personality and mental health difficulties.
She is also regularly instructed in cases where addiction is an issue within a family and instructed in cases of parental alienation where recruitment of children against a parent has led to false allegations. Francesca is well known for her expertise in fact finding in private law cases.
Francesca also undertakes inquests-based work internationally as well as having a significant on-going interest in human rights-based work in the UK and internationally and has been instructed in Kenya, The Falkland Islands and Mozambique.
Francesca specialises in cases both in Private and Public Law which have an international element.
Awarded the grade of MCIArb by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and able to also provide Early Neutral Evaluations, Francesca readily commends these alternatives to litigation and welcomes all instructions in the same.
Francesca is qualified to undertake work through public access and is very experienced in the same.
View full profile »Public Law Children Proceedings – Intervenor exonerated - May 2024
Fran Wiley KC and Katelyn Gottschling appeared on behalf of the intervenor in a non-accidental injury case where the intervenor faced allegations of causing bruising and multiple fractures to a...
Alienation and Domestic Abuse – What on Earth is going on? - Mar 2024
Darren Howe KC, Fran Wiley KC, Clare Ciborowska and Kirsten Japp have co-written an article ‘Alienation and Domestic Abuse - What on Earth is going on?’ It has been published on Family Law...
Francesca Wiley KC joins Chambers as a full tenant - Feb 2023
We are delighted to announce that Francesca Wiley KC has joined 1 Crown Office Row as a full member, effective from 27th February 2023. Before becoming an Associate Member of Chambers in 2015,...
Jeremy Cave & Francesca Wiley QC talk at East Sussex Resolution AGM - Nov 2017