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1GC | Family Law
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David Burles
Position
David is a specialist in matrimonial finance, including financial remedy applications, trusts of land and cohabitation disputes as well as also undertaking private law children disputes (domestic and international). David’s work is focused on cases of significant complexity and typically with high assets. Reported cases include ABC v PM & JM [2015] All ER (D) 122; N v N (Ancillary Relief) [2010] 2 FLR 1093; 4Eng Ltd v Harper & Ors (No 2) [2009] EWHC 2633 (Ch); Dixon v Marchant (CA) [2008] 1 FLR 655; Re H (Abduction) (CA) [2007] 1 FLR 242; Young v Lauretani (Ch) [2007] 2 FLR 1211; Re G (Secure Accommodation) (CA) [2000] 2 FLR 259; N v N (Jurisdiction: Pre-Nuptial Agreement) [1999] 2 FLR 745; Re VB (Minors: Child Abduction; Rights of Custody) [1999] 2 FLR 192; David is published frequently including: Applications under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989, Jordans [2001] – lead contributor; Halsbury’s Laws, Vol 5 (Children and Young Persons) [2007 – contributor to sections on Schedule 1 claims and child support; Butterworths Civil Court Precedents and Pleadings (children family breakdown) – contributor on civil partnerships. Articles include: ‘Business Ain’t What it Used to Be’; Family Law, [2012]; ‘Schedule 1 cases – recent developments’ Family Law Week, April 2006; ‘The Footballer’s Divorce – A Game of Two Halves’ Sport and the Law Journal (2005); Vol 13, Issue 3; ‘Burns v Burns – 20 Years On’ Family Law 2003, 834; ‘S 37 MCA 1973 and Freezing Shares’ Family Law 1999, 578; ‘Conduct and Ancillary Relief’ Family Law 1997, 804;
Career
Called 1984, Middle Temple; Appointed Deputy District Judge – Central Family Court and South Eastern Circuit in 2007 with ‘ticket’ to hear private law children cases 2011.
Memberships
FLBA; Common Law Bar Association; Legal Advisory Group; Law Commission Cohabitation Law Project 2005-07 and Law Commission Enforcement of Judgments Project 2016;
Education
Gilbert Cunningham Prize, Middle Temple; Bristol University (1983 LLB Hons); Kings College London (1998 Post Graduate Certificate in Sports Law – distinction).
Leisure
Hockey, golf, cricket, gardening.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Family: private FDR judges and arbitrators
(leading Private FDR Judges and Arbitrators)Ranked: Tier 1David Burles – 1GC | Family Law ‘David is focussed on helping the parties to achieve a fair outcome, giving generously of his time and using his experience as a judge to great effect.’
1GC | Family Law is a ‘very good set’ of barristers involved in all areas of family dispute resolution. Janet Bazley KC is a ‘very fair tribunal’ who is very active as a mediator and regularly conducts early neutral evaluations and private FDRs. David Burles has more than three decades of experience in family law and regularly works with high-net-worth clients, while Claire Heppenstall is renowned for her ‘fair and detailed judgements and ability to manage arbitrations perfectly’.
London Bar > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2David Burles –1GC | Family Law ‘David has a unique style of advocacy. He draws the courtroom with him rather than presenting, which is very effective. He is good with vulnerable clients, working with them rather than presenting the correct approach.’
1GC | Family Law is an ‘excellent set of chambers’ and home to ‘barristers of excellent calibre’. ‘Exceptionally strong advocate’ Penelope Clapham specialises in all aspects of financial provision on relationship breakdown, including divorce, dissolution of civil partnerships and the separation of cohabitees, while Philip Perrins is an ‘exceptionally talented with outstanding presentation’ and expertise in international cases. Other key contacts include ‘fantastic barrister’ David Burles, Claire Heppenstall, who focuses on financial remedy cases for private high-net-worth clients.