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Jessica O’Driscoll-Breen

"Jessica has a rare combination of fierce in the court room and brilliant with clients and solicitors. She is willing to go the extra mile, is always extremely well-prepared, and she is robust in cross-examination."

Legal 500 2026

"Rising Star"

Legal500 2026

Jessica O’Driscoll-Breen

"Jessica has a rare combination of fierce in the court room and brilliant with clients and solicitors. She is willing to go the extra mile, is always extremely well-prepared, and she is robust in cross-examination."

Legal 500 2026

Call: 2020

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Jessica is quickly building an impressive practice across private family law. She is known for her excellent manner with clients, forensic attention to detail and engaging court advocacy.

Overview

Jessica accepts instructions in financial remedies, Schedule 1 Children Act applications, cohabitation disputes, private law children disputes and applications under the Family Law Act 1996.

She appears regularly in the High Court, both led by silks, and in her own right. Jessica also appears unled against silks and senior juniors. Her reported cases include SM v BA (No 2: Maintenance Pending Suit) [2025] EWFC 28, SM v BA (Legal Services Payment Order) [2025] EWFC 7, FO v PN [2025] EWFC 327 and AR v BR [2023] EWFC 76.

“Jessica has a rare combination of fierce in the court room and brilliant with clients and solicitors. She is willing to go the extra mile, is always extremely well-prepared, and she is robust in cross-examination.”
Legal 500 2026
SM v BA (No 2: Maintenance Pending Suit) [2025] EWFC 28   SM v BA [2025] EWFC 7   FO v PN [2025] EWFC 327

Qualifications

  • BPTC, BPP
  • LLB, University of Law
  • Part I Medicine; Philosophy MA, University of Cambridge

Awards

  • Lord Denning Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn, 2018)
  • Excellence Award (BPP, 2018)
  • Advocacy Award (BPP, 2018)
  • Pro Bono Award (BPP, 2018)
  • Lord Bowen Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn, 2017)
  • Hardwicke Entrance Award (Lincoln’s Inn, 2017)
  • Lincoln’s Inn
  • Family Law Bar Association
Harry Campbell and Jessica O’Driscoll-Breen shortlisted for Citywealth Future Leaders Awards 2026

Prior to joining the Bar, Jessica ran a tutoring agency which specialised in tuition for overseas students applying to boarding schools in the United Kingdom. She continues to mentor students, especially those with an interest in law.

Jessica attended a professional dance school before university, with a focus on ballet and contemporary dance. She maintains an interest in dance, although she is not as good as she once was.

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