Edward Boydell

Edward Boydell is highly experienced in all aspects of family law but particularly financial remedies (including civil partnerships).

In the civil team Edward specialises in professional negligence cases concerning financial remedies.

Edward has for many years been listed in Band One of “Leaders at the Bar” in both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directory for his family finance work.

In Chambers & Partners 2018 Edward is listed as a Leader of the Bar both for the Western Circuit and for the South-Eastern Circuit: “Edward Boydell is Head of the family finance team, with over two decades’ experience advising on matrimonial finance. He regularly represents high net worth clients in cases involving challenging assets such as farms, family companies and overseas trusts. Strengths: Ed is an outstanding senior junior. He is clearly very bright and a brilliant advocate, who has no reservations about ruffling a few feathers if that is in his client’s interests.” “Edward Boydell is superb and shows great attention to detail. He has an easy rapport with clients and an extraordinary ability to master and absorb complex cases.​” “His reputation, creativity and client care very much make him stand out from the crop. He is an exceptional advocate with a very good grasp of detail.” “He is very calm and methodical, and good with clients.”​

Chambers & Partners 2017 edition says: “always exceptionally prepared, he is a fantastic negotiator and advocate who suits almost every client due to his versatile personality.” “Excellent client-handling and thorough analytical skills.”His reputation, creativity and client care very much make him stand out from the crop. He is an exceptional advocate with a very good grasp of detail.” “He is very calm and methodical, and good with clients.”

Chambers & Partners 2016 edition says: Edward Boydell “has considerable knowledge of financial remedy proceedings for separating couples. Many of his cases involve multimillion-pound assets, such as family businesses, land and trusts. Strengths: ” he has excellent client-handling skills; he is both thorough and analytical.” “His advocacy is very good and his approach is very balanced. He gives sensible commercial advice”.

Edward is also listed as a “Leading Junior” in Band One of the 2017 Legal 500 which describes him as “a match for any silk” and the 2016 Legal 500 which notes that he is “a clear and analytical barrister, who has an excellent client manner that inspires confidence.” The 2015 Legal 500 says that “his advocacy style is relaxed, fluent and confident”. The 2013 Legal 500 stated that he has “the ability to grasp complex circumstances of substantial ancillary relief claims”.

Edward is available to conduct Private FDRs. He is one of relatively few Recorders to be ticketed to hear Family Finance appeals and has over 12 years experience of sitting in the family courts.