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

Dishonest company directors jailed

Edmund Burge K.C. & Nicholas Jones28/02/2020

5SAH appears for both sides in National Crime Agency’s First Contested Account Forfeiture Order

18/11/2019

Kent Bar mess elections

08/04/2019

Edmund Burge appointed Queen’s Counsel

Edmund Burge K.C.15/01/2019

Kevin Dent and Edmund Burge to be appointed as Queen's Counsel

David Josse K.C.10/01/2019

Edmund Burge prosecutes two of HMRC’s 10 most important cases in 2018

Edmund Burge K.C.04/01/2019

"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