Piers Pressdee KC

Practice Areas

Piers practises exclusively in the field of children law, undertaking high profile and complex cases across the spectrum of private and public children law.

In silk he has forged a predominantly private children law practice, principally involving disputes over child arrangements and allied issues. He is particularly well-known for his expertise in relocation cases (international and domestic) and in intractable disputes (including those involving allegations of domestic abuse and parental alienation). Regularly instructed by London’s top firms, his recent clients have included leading figures from the worlds of sport, business, finance and entertainment.

In the public law field, Piers has vast experience of appearing for local authorities, parents, other family members and guardians in cases entailing allegations of the most serious physical, sexual or emotional abuse.

His practice also includes cross-border abduction and jurisdictional disputes.

Piers is frequently instructed in appeals on important points of law and practice and has appeared in numerous reported cases at first instance and appellate level.

Career

Called 1991; Silk 2010; joined 4PB 2021.

Professional Memberships

Association of Lawyers for Children (past co-chair); FLBA.

Publications

Co-author, Dictionary of Private Children Law (Class Legal, published annually)

Updater, Halsbury’s Laws of England: Children and Young Persons volumes (5th edition)

Co-author, The Public Law Outline: The Court Companion (Family Law, 2008).

Co-author, Contact: The New Deal (Family Law, 2006).

Personal

St John’s College, Cambridge (MA) (Hutton Prizewinner); President, Cambridge Union; Astbury Scholar, Middle Temple; Long-standing Chelsea season ticket-holder.