Edward Devereux QC listed in Spear’s Family Law Index 2021

7th Jul 2021 | News

Edward Devereux QC has been listed in The Spear’s Family Law Index 2021.

The Spear’s Family Law Index publishes annual rankings of the top private client advisers and service providers to high-net-worth individuals. These are drawn up on the basis of peer nominations, client feedback, telephone and face-to-face interviews, data supplied by firms, as well as information gathered by the Spear’s editorial and research teams.

Edward is listed as a ‘top recommended family law barrister’ and is described as “intellectually creative, always alive to appeal points, and an excellent advocate in international children law,’ he is “at the time of writing, the youngest family law QC in England & Wales.” Involved in “some of the most significant family law cases in recent years. He has appeared before the UK Supreme Court (on 10 occasions), the Court of Justice of the EU, the European Court of Human Rights, and the US Supreme Court.”

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