Edward Sullivan

Edward has a busy practice covering all areas of family law with a focus on disputes relating to children.   

Before pupillage, Edward commenced his legal career as a court clerk at Leeds Magistrates' Court. He then progressed to the role of a justices' legal adviser with His Majesty's Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) in Sheffield Magistrates' and Family Court, advising magistrates on law and practice in Criminal and Family Law. Edward's legal training was overseen by experienced justices' legal advisers and the Judicial College.

Edward completed a family law pupillage in Sheffield under the tutelage of the head of the family law team. 

Family

Private Law Children: Edward is instructed in private children matters, including findings of fact hearings, including and up to the most serious such as allegations of assault, rape and alleged sexual touching of children. Edward is comfortable advising vulnerable clients, negotiating with litigants in person and is interested in cases with a jurisdictional issue or the consideration of international mirror orders.

Public Law: Edward regularly appears on behalf of local authorities, parents and children. He appears before magistrates, the district and circuit bench and, on occasions, the high court in urgent case management and issues resolution hearings.

Edward has advised on appeals in private law matters and appeared in the appeal court and the High Court on behalf of a public body regarding disclosure.

Solicitor Feedback, "I have been enormously impressed with Ed’s knowledge of the law and his down-to-earth, personal approach to clients and professionals alike. He went above and beyond to obtain the best outcome for the client in a recent private law children's matter, and I look forward to working with him again".

Family

Care, Circuit Judge, representing the local authority at a contested first hearing, through cross-examination of the mother, persuaded the court that there were no safeguards the court could put in place to protect the child. The court found the initial threshold was crossed, and the child remained in a care placement.

Private Law, appeal court, representing the grandparents in their appeal, found that the order allowing the grandparents to have contact only after the child had finished a leisure activity was wrong. The court went on to order that the child should have contact on a fortnightly basis to progress to weekly contact, with additional time in school holidays.

Private Law, Circuit Judge, representing a parent, Edward, had successfully persuaded the court that it had the jurisdiction to keep a temporary port order in place until at least a contested hearing when the parent with care of the child sought to fly to the UAE.

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