Ranked as a Next Generation Partner by The Legal 500, Olivia Piercy is a talented lawyer praised for combining empathy for her client with a ruthless feel for tactics.

Olivia’s broad practice and depth of knowledge enables her to provide clients with holistic family law advice. She advises on the financial aspects of family breakdown for both married and cohabiting couples. She also has extensive experience in complex children matters including child arrangements, child abduction, relocation and child protection. Olivia has particular expertise in cases involving international issues and jurisdictional disputes.

Olivia is a passionate advocate for victims and survivors of domestic abuse. She previously worked as a legal officer at Rights of Women and has a Master’s degree in Human Rights Law focusing on gendered violence. Olivia is recognised for her expertise in domestic abuse and in depth understanding of the dynamics of coercive and controlling behaviour. She sits on Resolution’s Domestic Abuse Committee, is the co-Chair of Resolution’s Economic Abuse Working Party and is committed to making the legal system safer and fairer for victim-survivors and their children. She also sits on Mr Justice Cobb’s Private Law Working Group, which keeps under review the court practice and procedure relating to private law children cases.

Olivia frequently receives referrals in complex matters including in committal applications, acting for interveners, and cases involving novel points of law. Olivia has run cases to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal and several of her cases have been reported.

Praised in the directories for being ‘ferociously intelligent’, ‘focused and tenacious and completely dedicated to each client’s case’, Olivia joined Hunters in September 2022