Edward has a wide range of expertise and experience when dealing with business and property disputes. As a solicitor, Edward worked within the commercial department of a leading Leicestershire law firm, regularly drafting and advising on a range of contracts including asset and share sale agreements, partnership agreements and standard terms & conditions. Upon being called to the bar Edward has regularly been instructed on contractual and commercial property disputes on both the fast-track and multi-track.

Edward is regularly instructed by a regional franchise driving school to deal with its franchise agreement disputes. These matters regularly include issues such as misrepresentation, whether the liquidated damages clause amounts to a penalty clause pursuant to Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi ParkingEye Limited v Beavis [2015] UKSC 67, whether the franchisee is acting as a consumer for the purposes of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, frustration and whether the associated personal guarantee is enforceable.

Previous commercial property matters he has been instructed on include cases of unlawful forfeiture, breach of contract, whether there is a lease or licence to occupy and compliance with the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.