Masters of the Bench

Edward studied at Cambridge University before being Called to the Bar in 1985.

He practised in Family Law from Harcourt Chambers for 25 years, specialising in financial remedies work (formerly known as ancillary relief) before becoming a District Judge (PRFD) in 2010. He became a Circuit Judge in 2015, (originally in Hampshire), before becoming a Deputy High Court Judge in 2017 and the Designated Family Judge for Wiltshire in 2018. He was instrumental in the creation of the Financial Remedies Court (FRC) and in 2018 was appointed as its Deputy National Lead Judge, a position he continues to occupy. In 2021, he took over as Lead Judge of the London FRC at the Central Family Court.

Edward is co-chair of the Pensions Advisory Group and Chair of the Editorial Board of the Financial Remedies Journal. He is the author of several books on the subject of financial remedies: ‘Pensions on Divorce: A Practitioner’s Handbook, The Dictionary of Financial Remedies’ and ‘The Standard Family Orders Handbook’. He is committed to legal education, serving as a Tutor at the Judicial College and regularly teaches on the Middle Temple New Practitioners Programme.