Our work covers all areas of family law, with particular expertise in the following areas:
Edward Devereux QC (for the respondent) instructed by Dawson Cornwell, Mehvish Chaudhry & Paige Campbell (for ICFLPP) instructed by Bindmans appear before the Supreme Court in a seminal case which…
The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in G (A Child), a groundbreaking decision concerning the complex interplay of asylum law & international child abduction.
Edward Devereux QC appeared…
Edward Devereux QC and Edward Bennett were invited to give a masterclass on ‘Children and families: International Law and Brexit’.
The masterclass took place at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office…
Edward Devereux QC and Naomi Scarano succeed in the Court of Appeal in 1980 Hague Convention proceedings concerning return to a “third state” and protective measures. Mehvish Chaudhry appeared on…
Edward represented the respondent Mother in the case of L v M in the High Court. The case concerned two young children born in England to Chinese parents. The family lived in…
The court was considering whether the High Court has the power to set aside its own Hague Convention final order.
The judgement can be found here.
Co-authored by both a former member of Chambers (HHJ Hess) and a current member of Chambers (Edward Devereux QC).
The link to the handbook is here.
Edward Devereux QC and Edward Bennett successful in the Court of Appeal in case concerning the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention. Re S (A Child) is considered to be the…
On 11 April 2018, Edward Devereux QC appeared on Channel 5 news speaking about the case of Alfie Evans.
Edward Devereux QC and Mehvish Chaudhry represented the father in an application for the summary return of two children to the USA before Susan Jacklin QC sitting as a Judge of…
Edward Devereux QC appeared as sole counsel for the United Kingdom before the Court of Justice of the European Union in the case of C-111/17 PPU which was heard by…
Harcourt Chambers is delighted to announce that Edward Devereux has been appointed Queen’s Counsel in the list published on Thursday 12th January 2017.
The ceremony will take place on Monday 13th February…