Private Children Law; Public Children Law; Direct Access

Cyrus Larizadeh QC specialises in the most serious and complex Public and Private Law cases in all matters relating to children. He has a particular expertise in cases involving sexual and emotional abuse, highly complex medical cases relating to FII and allegations of abusive trauma and causing death to children as well as intractable relocation cases and child arrangement disputes. 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.  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.

He is a Member of the Magic Circle.

Year of Call: 1992 Year of Silk: 2016 Vice Chair of the Family Law Bar Association 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.

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

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.