30 Park Place

Rhys Evans is a leading junior in Wales in respect of Private and Public Law children work.

A fluent Welsh speaker, he joined Chambers in 2010 and was appointed a Deputy District Judge and Fee-paid Employment Judge in 2020.

Rhys is consistently instructed in some of the most serious and sensitive Public Law children cases including matters involving child death/homicide, catastrophic injury, fabricated induced injury, serious sexual abuse, honour-based violence and FGM.

He has appeared at all levels up to the Court of Appeal and has been involved in some of the most significant children cases in England and Wales over the last 10 years. He is sought after by Local Authorities and also acts for parents and children’s guardians and has also been instructed as a leading junior on a number of complex cases.

He also advises on Human Rights Act claims arising from Children Act proceedings and frequently supports local authorities with wider matters including pre-issue considerations, threshold, matters of jurisdiction, social care duties, disclosure and policy).

Call: 2008

Trial Judge Intern, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Hague (2008)

Welsh

Brecon High School (2004)

Cardiff Law School (2007) LL.B Law (Hons); 2.i

Cardiff Law School (2008) Bar Vocational Course; Very Competent

Swimming, squash, football, travel, guitar.