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"A shrewd thinker who knows what he is talking about" Chambers and Partners 2008 Edward is an experienced junior who specialises in terrorism, international law, public law and asylum. TerrorismEdward has appeared in at every level and in many jurisdictions that deal with terrorism.
European Court of Justice (ECJ)
Edward has represented individuals and entities in separate actions before the Court of First Instance of the European Communities in relation to actions for annulment of decisions pertaining to terrorism proscription lists. He successfully appealed an adverse judgment to the European Court of Justice earlier this year in PKK and KNK v. Council of the European Union . Proscribed Organisations Appeals Commission (POAC)Edward was junior Counsel in the recent landmark case of Lord Alton and Others v. Secretary of State for the Home Department where POAC made an Order requiring the Secretary of State to lay an Order before Parliament deproscribing the PMOI and thereby removing it from the list of terrorist organisations. This is the first full merits judgment ever made by POAC. Edward has represented in a number of criminal trials, and most recently was junior Counsel for one of the Defendants in a trial culminating in the Court of Appeal judgment of R v. IK, AB, KA [2007] EWCA Crim 971. Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), Administrative Court and Asylum and Immigration TribunalEdward represents individuals before SIAC and advises individuals denied naturalization on the basis of alleged involvement with terrorist organizations. He often resists certificates issued by the Secretary of State which operate to exclude appellants before the AIT from the Refugee Convention. Asylum Edward appears at all levels and has developed a particular experience with regard to Turkey, appearing in the most recent Country Guidance cases on Turkey .
International Human Rights
Edward spent a number of months during 2006 in Turkey advising in a joint project between the Department for Constitutional Affairs of the United Kingdom and the Turkish Ministry of Justice to evaluate the impact of the implementation of the Turkish Penal Code reforms. This resulted in Edward translating the Turkish Penal Code along with a professor from Ankara university, which was published in Turkey in November 2007. As a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth (Consular) pro bono panel he has assisted with the prevention of the refoulement of refugees traveling in the European Union who have been subjected to abusive international arrest warrants issued by the persecuting country. Edward also represent individuals in the European Court of Human Rights subjected to similar situations.
Since joining the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) Edward has traveled to Turkey on numerous occasions to conduct fact-finding and trial observation missions. In March 2003 he traveled to the south-east and to the border of Iraq to conduct fact finding in relation to the effect of the Iraq war in the region. Most recently, in March 2006, he observed a trial in Ankara concerning two eminent Turkish professors who wrote the controversial 'minority report'.
Edward visited India as part of a joint initiative with the Tibetan Centre of Human Rights and Democracy to introduce international human rights mechanisms to Tibetan students in Varanasi. He was also asked by the Foreign and Commonwealth office to participate in an international human rights workshop in Jakarta as an expert on the constitutional importance of the police and judiciary. He has also lectured to the International Bar Association and the Lyon Bar Association on international fair trial standards and trial observation.
AwardsYoung Barrister, Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2005
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