Ed practises in all areas of private family law. He specialises in financial remedy work (including Part III and Schedule 1 claims), jurisdiction disputes, cohabitee claims under TLATA, nuptial agreements, and Inheritance Act claims.
Since joining Chambers, Ed has appeared frequently in the High Court in complex financial remedy cases with leading counsel, and also in his own right. He recently appeared in the Court of Appeal, led by Richard Todd KC, in Simon v Simon & Anor [2023] EWCA Civ 1048.
Ed regularly undertakes advisory and drafting work, both domestically and internationally (recent work includes instructions from the Bahamas and Australia). He enjoys working closely with solicitors as a part of a team on complex litigation, and spent the summer of 2022 on secondment at the top ranked family team at Payne Hicks Beach.
Recent Notable Cases
Simon v Simon & Anor [2023] EWCA Civ 1048 (led by Richard Todd KC)
Acting for the successful appellant reversing the lower court decision to direct a full rehearing of financial remedy proceedings with a litigation lender acting as a full party. A leading case addressing when litigation funders should be permitted to intervene in financial remedy proceedings and the permitted scope of such interventions.
HA v WA & Anor [2022] EWFC 110 (led by Richard Todd KC)
A six-day preliminary issue hearing acting for the successful intervenor where it was established that two properties in the wife’s name were in fact held on trust by her for the intervenor.
Simon v Simon & Level (Joinder) [2022] EWFC 29 (led by Richard Todd KC)
A leading case concerning if, and if so in what circumstances, a litigation lender could be joined to financial remedy proceedings when the husband and wife had reached an agreement as to their financial remedy claims.
Simon v Simon [2022] EWFC 35 (led by Richard Todd KC)
Acting for the husband in an intervenor’s application for civil proceedings to be heard concurrently with the husband and wife’s financial remedy proceedings.
LS v PS [2021] EWFC 108 (led by Richard Todd KC)
Acting for the successful husband resisting the disclosure of without prejudice and FDR material to an intervenor in financial remedy proceedings. A leading case on the privilege which accords to FDRs, the applicability of FPR PD9A para 6.2 to private FDRs, and the circumstances in which the ‘absolute bar’ for disclosure of FDR material may be lifted.