Edward Devereux KC

Spear’s Review

‘He is intellectually creative, always alive to appeal points and an excellent advocate in international children law,’ says a peer – a senior family solicitor – of Edward Devereux. At one point, Devereux was the youngest family lawyer to be appointed KC in the last twenty years.

Devereux’s reputation is clear from his superb CV, not least his involvement in 75 reported cases, including some of the most significant family law cases of recent years. He has appeared before the UK Supreme Court (on 10 occasions), the Court of Justice of the EU, the European Court of Human Rights and the US Supreme Court.

Among many other publications, he is the editor of Dicey, Morris & Collins, a leading legal textbook, contributing the chapters on domicile and residence, children, legitimacy, legitimation and adoption, and mental incapacity.