“Ed is exceptional in every respect. He works tirelessly on behalf of clients and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the papers. He is an excellent advocate and his technical expertise extends well beyond his years.”
“An extremely talented junior barrister. He has a lovely manner and is extremely bright. Your case is in good hands if you instruct him.”
“Ed is a star of the future – numerate, nimble and never afraid to punch above his weight.”
Ed practises in the financial and international elements of family law. He specialises in financial remedy work (including Part III and Schedule 1 claims), jurisdiction disputes, cohabitee claims under TLATA, and nuptial agreements. He also acts as a private FDR evaluator.
Ed is regularly instructed to act in complex and high value financial remedy cases up to Court of Appeal level with leading counsel, and also in his own right. He has been ranked in all of the major legal directories since 2024, when he was described as “the outstanding junior of his class” and was the most junior barrister ranked for Matrimonial Finance in Chambers and Partners by several years’ call. He is now described as “exceptional in every respect”, an “extremely talented junior barrister” with a “lovely manner and …. extremely bright”, and as “a star of the future”. He is specifically commended as an “excellent advocate” who is “robust and meticulous in his preparation” with “a good technical understanding and a great manner with clients and solicitors”.
Ed frequently undertakes advisory and drafting work, including writing and advising on nuptial agreements. He has a growing offshore practice, providing advice and representation this year on English law issues in cases in the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and Switzerland.
Before joining 1 Hare Court, Ed undertook pupillage at a leading commercial Chambers. As a result of his commercial background, he has a particular interest in the areas where commercial and trust law overlap with family law. He has significant expertise and a particular interest in acting in ‘intervenor’ cases involving third party claims in financial remedy proceedings, appearing in several of the recent leading authorities involving intervenors.
