Edward Flood

Practice Overview

• Children (Public Law)

  In public law proceedings Edward has represented parties to care proceedings either as junior acting alone or as junior to a silk in chambers. He has experience of the most complex cases including those involving non-accidental injury, drug and alcohol abuse, mental health, and acts for local authorities, parents, Guardians and the Official Solicitor.

• Children (Private Law)

  Edward acts for parents in disputes over children arrangements including where children live and with whom they spend time. He is also experienced in cases involving private law children applications with an international element, for example seeking or opposing permission permanently to remove a child from the jurisdiction. In this he draws on his expertise gathered from periods of practice in other jurisdictions. Not only is Edward called to the Roll of St Lucia, but he has worked for an extended period in Toronto, Canada at the business firm Frasier Milner Casgrain and also in Critelli and Associates in Des Moines, Iowa, United States.

• International Family Law

  Edward often acts in proceedings with an international dimension including proceedings engaging the Hague Convention.

• Domestic Abuse & Injunctions

  Edward has extensive experience representing parties in case including domestic violence and injunctions. These include stand-alone injunction applications or where they feature in other family proceedings.

• Notable Cases

  Re J (A child) (Surrogacy: Adoption Order) [2025] EWHC 2960 

  N (A Child) (Registration of Birth), Re [2024] EWFC 466 (B)

  T (Fresh Evidence on Appeal), Re [2024] EWCA Civ 1384

  A Local Authority v AT and FE [2017] EWHC 2458 (Fam)

  Egeneonu v Egeneonu [2017] EWHC 2336 (Fam)

  Re H (Children) [2008] EWCA Civ 292

• What the Directories say

  "Edward is a fantastic barrister. His advocacy is excellent." Tier 6 - Legal 500, 2025