Edward Boydell is the head of the Family Finance Team and is one of the leading juniors on the Western Circuit.  He is particularly well-known for his matrimonial finance work, for which Chambers and Partners directory rates him in the top tier of their list of “Leaders at the Bar”.  His practice areas and specializations are

Family money: All aspects of family law but particularly financial provision (including civil partnerships), with specific expertise in dealing with complex high net worth matters involving family businesses, farms, companies and trusts. He is also highly experienced in equitable co-ownership and cases under the Inheritance Act 1975;

Children: He is regularly instructed in private children cases particularly those with complex medical evidence or applications for leave to remove children from the jurisdiction;

Personal injury: particularly concerning accidents in the workplace, asbestos claims and complex road traffic accidents;

Professional negligence: almost exclusively solicitors' negligence particularly concerning matrimonial provision or personal injury cases.

He is regularly invited to give seminars including speaking at the Western Circuit CPD Conference 2009, the Thames Valley Family Lawyers Ancillary Relief update seminar and for the CLT lecture series.

Recorder (Midland Circuit) sitting in Civil and Family (Private and Public Law) since 2005

Member of FLBA, PNBA, PIBA

Western Circuit London Junior

B.Ed. (Hons) (Cantab)

Diploma in Law (Westminster)

Qualified Teacher 1987

Called to the Bar 1989 (Middle Temple)

Hill v Hill [1998] 1 FLR 198, CA;

Hill v Hill[1997] 1 FLR 730,

S v S [2007] EWCA Civ 454.

Chambers and Partners directory rates him in the top tier of their list of “Leaders at the Bar”.  The 2010 edition states "He is a craftsman who performs his advocacy with a flourish" and is    "... much sought after ..." and, "who for many is the counsel of choice in ancillary relief matters"

The 2009 edition states Pump Court Chambers' large team of family practitioners includes the esteemed Edward Boydell.  He remains sought after for his hands-on and constructive attitude, and is mostly seen handling money matters.  Cool and claim in court, he combines this aspect of his practice with co-ownership, inheritance, public and private children work.

The 2008 edition states that he has an “unerring ability to predict how any judge will move on particular issues, which may be based on his own part-time experience of sitting on the bench. His “extraordinarily thorough analyses” in matrimonial finance cases continue to be remarked upon, but for some solicitors “his best feature is his low-key approach.”

The 2007 edition observed that he is "an excellent negotiator and original thinker”.