Position

Edward Bennett was the 2015 Young Family Law Barrister of the Year and is instructed in the Family Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Court of Justice of the European Union.

He specialises in family and Court of Protection law. He has extensive experience in disputes with an international dimension and edits the International Family Law Journal.

To date, he has appeared in the following family cases: International Child Abduction (Hague Conventions and Inherent Jurisdiction), Leaves to permanently and temporarily remove from the jurisdiction, Forced marriage, Surrogacy, International Adoption, International Child Maintenance Forum disputes, Public and Private Law Children, and Part III Children Act 1989 Judicial Reviews. He has been admitted as an advocate in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia having been instructed in the first application to leave to remove from that jurisdiction in its history.

In the Court of Protection, he is instructed across both welfare and finance cases.

 Recent reported cases include: Re D (Children) (Child Abduction: Practice) [2016] EWHC 504 (Fam), Re C & D (Children) (Parental Order) [2015] EWHC 2080 (Fam); [2015] All ER (D) 121 (Aug), A & B (No 1 -Fact finding judgment) [2015] EWHC 1059 (Fam), D (A Child: deprivation of liberty) [2015] COPLR 209, AA v TT (recognition and enforcement) [2015] 2 FLR 1, and Re R (A Child) [2014] EWHC 2802 (Fam).

In addition to his legal practice, Edward works as a Research Assistant at H.M. College of Arms.

Education

2008: GDL (College of Law, Bloomsbury)

2007: BA (Hons) History (University College London)

Mentions

London Bar

Family: children and domestic abuse

LEADING JUNIORS3

Edward Bennett –Harcourt Chambers ‘Edward is an excellent advocate. The way he puts his client's case always sounds eminently reasonable, as though it must be the correct outcome, successfully persuading judges and magistrates alike to decide in his client's favour. His written submissions are also second to none.’