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Edward Devereux
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Position
Practices in all areas of family law with a particular emphasis on the international movement of children (including child abduction). He has appeared in many of the recent leading international cases involving children in the last few years, including the House of Lords decision of Re M (abduction: Zimbabwe) [2008] 1 FLR 215, where he represented the successful appellant mother; the Supreme Court decision of Re I (a child) (contact application: jurisdiction) [2010] 1 FLR 361, where he represented the successful appellant mother, and the European Court of Human Rights decision of Carlson v Switzerland, ECHR, November 2008, where he represented the successful appellant father. Other reported cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal include: Re G (care proceedings: placement for adoption) [2006] 1 FLR 47; MM v VM [2007] Fam Law 888; in the matter of M (children) [2007] 3 FCR 564; Re C (separate representation of children) [2008] 2 FLR 6; BG v BG (abduction: acquiescence) [2008] 2 FLR 965; F v M and N (abduction: acquiescence: settlement) [2008] 2 FLR 1270; F v M (abduction: grave risk of harm) [2008] 2 FLR 1263; Re S (abduction: children’s representation) [2008] 2 FLR 1918; B v D (abduction: inherent jurisdiction) [2009] 1 FLR 1015; Re A (family proceedings: electronic tagging) [2009] 2 FLR 891; Yv I and QI [2009] Fam Law 805; RS v KS (abduction: wrongful retention) [2009] 2 FLR 1231; Re I (a child) (jurisdiction: habitual residence outside European Union) [2009] Fam Law 1134; W v W (abduction: joinder as party) [2010] 1 FLR 1342; Re W (abduction: acquiescence: children’s objections) [2010] 2 FLR 1150; Re W (abduction: child’s objections) [2010] 2 FLR 1165; and Re A (abduction: interim directions: accomodation by local authority) [2011] 1 FLR 1.
Career
Called 2001, Middle Temple. Was previously a member of the editorial board of ‘Counsel’ magazine. Has contributed a number of articles to ‘Family Law’. Author of the chapter on children abduction in ‘Child Case Management Practice’ (general editor, The Hon. Mr Justice Ryder (Jordans, February 2009).
Education
Peterhouse, Cambridge University (History); City University (Law); College of Law, London. Middle Temple Scholarship. Runner up in the Rosamund Smith cup for the best mooter of his year of call (2001).
Leisure
History, politics, writing, jazz, holidaying in Italy.
Practice Areas
Family - children; Family - matrimonial
