Profile
"...tops several firms' lists of go-to counsel. She is considered 'brilliant to have on a case' because she is 'hard-working and presonable'".
Chambers & Partners 2009
Jane Crowley specialises in all aspects of Family Law, particularly in Child Care work. She also practises in the fields of Criminal Law, Education and Mental Health. Much of her work encompasses cases involving serious physical and sexual abuse and medical evidence, including 'shaken baby' and 'factitious illness', and her experience in the Mental Health Tribunal proves invaluable in cases involving psychological and psychiatric issues. She also has a special interest in parents with learning difficulties.
She is named in the Legal 500 2006 as one of the leading lights at 30 Park Place, "Wales's strongest family group", in 2007 as a "..formidable Children law practitioner", and in 2008 as having "...a wide practice which often comes together in cases involving abuse, bullying or neglect".
Chambers & Partners Guide to the Legal Profession 2006 praised her for being "'Sensible, sound and reliable', admired for her child care practice...a prominent figure on the local legal scene", and in 2007 this was augmented by "'...charming and approachable'". In 2008 she was also recognised for her "...work in several other areas that significantly overlap: education, mental health and criminal law".
Criminal cases since taking silk include Murder, Fraud, Rape, and Indecent Assault by a Doctor on patients.
Fields of Work
Child Care
- Unsustainable historic evidence of Professor Meadows
- Court of Appeal ruling on pecuniary damages for loss of opportunity in care cases (local authority decision to abandon care plan and proceed directly to adoption)
- 'Factitious illness' (Munchausen by Proxy)
- 'Shaken-baby' syndrome-brain damage caused to 16-week old baby. Several possible perpetrators, Criminal trial
- Possible harm to child suffering from cerbral palsy caused by well-intentioned parent choosing alternative therapy rather than conventional treatment
- Application to overturn manslaughter conviction on the basis of spontaneous birth/diminshed responsibility-illegal immigrant
Public Law
- Doctors seeking permission not to resuscitate a seriously ill child in the event of a deterioration of condition
Education
- Disciplinary proceedings (bullying/racial harassment)
- SENT
Public Inquiries
- Representing a Local Authority in the Clywch Inquiry - an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by a teacher at a South Wales school
