Edmund Burge K.C.

Year of Call: 1997 | Year of Silk: 2019 | Recorder: 2018

‘Incredibly user-friendly. Juries like him; judges trust him.'

The Legal 500

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"Edmund is very calm and incisive. Inclusive in his decision-making but at the same time always prepared to take control and, ultimately, responsibility for those decisions."

The Legal 500, 2023

"Edmund is a great jury advocate"

The Legal 500, 2023

"He has a lovely manner in court. He is very jury-friendly."

Chambers & Partners, 2023

"Edmund is a seriously impressive advocate, with the rare ability to balance a steely tenacity in cross-examination with a genuine sensitivity with vulnerable witnesses."

The Legal 500, 2025 | Fraud: Crime

"He is mentally astute and eloquent."

Chambers & Partners, 2025 - Financial Crime

Edmund Burge K.C. appointed a Deputy High Court Judge

Edmund Burge K.C.08/10/2024

18 year-old acquitted of murder following 5-week trial | Edmund Burge KC Defending

Edmund Burge K.C.05/03/2024

Edmund Burge K.C & Oliver Kirk instructed to defend man accused of murdering his partner in Peru

Edmund Burge K.C. & Oliver Kirk22/02/2023

Edmund Burge K.C. joins the panel of Contributing Editors to Phipson on Evidence

Edmund Burge K.C.09/02/2023

Paranoid schizophenic who stabbed a man to death is convicted of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility

Edmund Burge K.C. & Mark Mullins06/02/2023

Edmund Burge K.C. and Alex Rooke to represent a young man accused of murder

Edmund Burge K.C. & Alex Rooke02/02/2023

"He is able to command the confidence of the judge."

Chambers & Partners, 2025 - Financial Crime

"Edmund has that experience, calmness and surety that comes with having done really messy and tricky cases."

Chambers & Partners, 2025 - Financial Crime