Gwyn Evans

  • Practice Groups
  • Family
  • Personal Injury
  • Career

  • 2007 Called to the Bar, Gray's Inn

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Profile

Since starting pupillage Gwyn has specialised in family law. He completed his pupillage at a leading family law set in the Temple in Sep 2009, before being invited to join Tanfield chambers as a tenant in May 2010. 

He undertakes the full range of family work, with particular emphasis on ancillary relief (including complex cases involving trusts / non-disclosure), TOLATA, contact and residence disputes, leave to remove applications, injunctions, and disputes involving the CSA.  He has also represented parents in contested care proceedings.

During pupillage, Gwyn devilled in several high-value matrimonial finance and Schedule 1 cases.

In addition to maintaining a busy family practice, Gwyn advises and represents clients in personal injury litigation.

In his spare time Gwyn enjoys cycling, hiking, playing bass, programming synthesizers, and fixing things.  He has also performed in the Gray's Inn Miscellany show at Christmas.

Experience

Gwyn has experience at every level of tribunal from the Family Proceedings Court to the High Court.

Family

Gwyn’s court work includes:

  • ancillary relief (including publicly-funded cases)
  • TOLATA applications
  • transfers of tenancy
  • contact, residence and prohibited steps orders
  • contested care proceedings
  • non-molestation / occupation orders
  • leave to remove from the jurisdiction
  • litigation (including appeal) from the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (the Child Support Agency)

Gwyn’s advisory work has included:

  • ancillary relief proceedings
  • non-marriage / nullity of marriage
  • proceedings under the children act / family law acts
  • advising on appeal in Children Act proceedings and proceedings involving the CSA

Personal Injury

Gwyn’s court work has included:

  • Numerous appearances in the small claims court with respect to road traffic accidents

Gwyn’s advisory work has included:

  • Advising on quantum / liability in personal injury claims

Prior to being called to the bar Gwyn was a professional actor and also an IT consultant.  The range of work equipped him with many transferrable skills for the bar.

Publications

Contributor, Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law (2010)
Contributor, Tanfield Chambers Family Newsletter

Memberships

Family Law Bar Association
Personal Injury Bar Association

Qualifications

MA(Cantab) 1999
BA(Hons) Social and Political Sciences Tripos 1996 – First Class Honours (Emmanuel College, Cambridge)

CPE (2006) – Commendation (City University)
Bar Vocational Course (2007) – BPP Law School, London.

Shakespeare Memorial Scholar (Gray’s Inn, 2006)

Diploma in Acting (2000) – Distinction (Bristol Old Vic Theatre School)