Chambers of Robin Purchas QC
FRANCIS TAYLOR BUILDING, INNER TEMPLE, LONDON, EC4Y 7BY, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 020 7353 8415
- Fax:
- Fax 020 7353 7622
- DX:
- 402 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
- Web:
- www.ftb.eu.com
- Email:
Denis Edwards
- Tel:
- Work +44 20 7353 8415
- Email:
Position
Denis practises in all areas of public law and EU law. His public law and judicial review practice covers the fields of local government law, including education and community care while his EU law practice includes free movement of persons, environmental law, public procurement, VAT and social security law. He has represented both claimants and defendants, including both central and local government in many judicial review claims and appeared in courts and tribunals at all levels, including the House of Lords, Court of Appeal, High Court, Upper Tribunal, First Tier Tribunal and Employment Tribunal. In 2008 Denis was appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown (C Panel) and regularly advises and represents central government departments on a wide range of legal issues. He is ranked as a leading junior in the field of education law in both ‘Chambers & Partners’ and ‘The Legal 500’. His report public law cases include: R (AS) Sri Lanka v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 1763 Admin (intensity of judicial review over human rights claims); R (RK) Nepal v Secretary of Statement for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 359, (‘The Times’ 11/5/09); and MA (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 1616 . His education law reported cases R (A) v Sutton IAP and the B School [2009] EWHC 1223 (Admin); [2009] Ed LR 321; R (D) v Bromley IAP [2007] EWCA Civ 1010; R (LH) v Wandsworth LBC [2006] Ed LR 376l and R (NZ) v Southwark LBC [2006] Ed LR 20.
Career
Called 2002. Publications include: ‘Judicial Review’ (SULI & W Green & Sons, 2000), with the Rt Hon The Lord Clyde; various articles in legal journals.
Member
Bar European Group; British German Jurists Association; Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association; Education Lawyers Association; Statute Law Society (Treasurer); UK Association of European Law.
Education
Glasgow University (LLB); Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Canada (LLM). Commonwealth Scholarship (UK – Canada); Lowe Prize in public law (Glasgow University); Harmsworth Scholarship (Middle Temple); Lechmere Essay Prize (Middle Temple).
Practice Areas
Administrative and public law; Education; Employment
