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Private Children Law; Public Children Law; Direct Access

Overview

Cyrus Larizadeh KC specialises in the most serious and complex Public and Private Law cases in all matters relating to children. He has a well known expertise in complex relocation cases and private law cases in which allegations of abuse are made and in which parental alienation is an issue.  He is a recognised national leader in cases involving sexual and emotional abuse, highly complex medical cases relating to FII and allegations of abusive trauma and causing death to children. He has an extensive practice in the fields of family related media injunctions and medical treatment and end of life cases. He is well known for his calm, thorough and exceptional advocacy and excellent strategic approach. He is also extremely effective with Direct Access clients.  He represents parents, children and local authorities in the most serious and intractable of proceedings at all levels of tribunal but in particular the High Court.

Cyrus represented successfully the Access to Justice Foundation in Re S (2015) UKSC 20 on appellate costs. He acted for the alleged killer of Baby P and successfully challenged the medical evidence in the recent Effie Stillwell case – the first case involving EDS IV. Cyrus has appeared in many ground breaking and guideline cases including the MI5 / radicalisation case of Re X Y Z (2016) EWHC 2400 and the end of life case of Re AB (2018) EWFC 3 before Munby P and RL v Nottinghamshire CC (2022) EWFC 13 on reopening of findings of fact. He was  successful in Re H-W (2022) UKSC 17 dealing with proportionality in care orders.

Cyrus  was invited by the Attorney General of Anguilla to present at their Justice Reform Conference in 2018 and to advise on the drafting of their Child Protection Bill. He has trained a delegation of social workers, medical staff and police in evidence gathering in alleged child abuse cases in the Eastern Caribbean and was appointed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to embed the litigation guardian system in Bermuda.

Cyrus led the Family Law Bar Association during Covid and helped set up the ground breaking remote family court, the FLBA advocacy and vulnerable training programme and the FLBA student/pupil scholarship scheme.

He is a Member of the Magic Circle.

Awards

Family Law Awards – Case of the year Winner

Appointments

Chair of the Family Law Bar Association 2020-2021 Contributing Editor of Rayden and Jackson on Children Law Mentor and Advocacy Trainer for Inner Temple Master of the Bench, Inner Temple 2018

French, Persian.

Professional Memberships

Family Law Bar Association Inner Temple FLBA member for Bar Council Wellbeing Working Group FLBA member for Legal Liaison Committee

Education & Qualifications

BA (Kent) Dip Droit Francais (Bordeaux) Cyrus was educated at Harrow School, the University of Kent and the University of Bordeaux Rothschild Scholarship (Harrow) Hallett Prize for Law (Kent)

Member of the Magic Circle, long-suffering supporter of Birmingham City Football Club.