Edmund has experience in both civil and criminal law. He is a specialist in property and regulatory law.

His civil practice covers the following areas:-

• Regulatory law, including licensing of all types and environmental law, in cases both for and against local authorities
• Landlord and tenant, both commercial and residential
• Property disputes, including cases concerning boundaries, party walls, easements, rights to light and restrictive covenants
• Leasehold enfranchisement
• Commercial and contractual disputes
• Company and personal insolvency
• Professional negligence

His criminal practice has a particular focus on the following areas:-

• Fraud, including property, employee and benefit fraud
• Regulatory offences including environmental, planning and licensing offences of all types

Edmund is both a defence advocate and a prosecutor for local authorities.

Edmund believes that many cases can be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties before a fully contested trial. Edmund is skilled at finding the shortest and least expensive route to such an outcome, if that is best for the client. Edmund has extensive experience of successfully mediating civil cases.

In fully contested cases, Edmund is an eloquent, versatile and tenacious advocate.

Edmund believes that his experience of criminal advocacy and the criminal courts has been invaluable to his civil practice, particularly in civil cases where there are parallel criminal issues and in civil cases requiring robust advocacy.

Edmund has extensive experience of public access work.