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About
Provided by David Burles
Practice Areas
Matrimonial Finance, Schedule 1 and other disputes between unmarried partners, private law children.
Work involves financial disputes where the assets are substantial / ‘big money’, as well as ‘middle-money’ cases and some complicated low asset disputes. Cases typically focus on issues surrounding disputed and complex assets, privately-owned equity and trust structures, non-disclosure issues, company valuations, non-mainstream income cases and competing international claims.
Notable cases include: Dixon v Marchant (CA) [2008] 1 FLR 655, 4 Eng Ltd v Harper (No 2), [2009] EWHC 2633 (Ch); N v N (Ancillary Relief) [2010] 2 FLR 1093, ABC v PM [2015] EWFC 32, FN v AC [2019] EWHC 3806 (Fam).
Career
Called to the Bar (Middle Temple) - 1984
Deputy District Judge (Civil) (2007) – sits in the Financial Remedies Court generally, in the Financial Remedy Unit (complexity list) and also appointed to hear private law children disputes in 2010.
Sitting on SE Circuit (Civil) and at the Central Family Court including the Financial Remedies Unit / Financial Remedies Court.
Professional Memberships
MCIArb (financial disputes)
Member of the Legal Advisory Group to the Law Commission Cohabitation Law Project 2005-07
Member of the Legal Advisory Group to the Law Commission ‘Enforcement of Family Financial Orders’ project 2016.
FLBA Member, Common Law Bar Association.
Publications
Co-author of "Applications Under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989", Contributor to Halsbury's Laws (children - financial claims), Contributor to Butterworths Civil Court Precedents - ('children/family breakdown').
Articles in The Times, Family Law, Family Law Week, Solicitors Journal, New Law Journal.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
David Burles frequently acts as an adjudicator in Private FDRs involving substantial assets. He presides over disputes that involve complex cryptocurrency, pension and property issues. He is also a qualified IFLA arbitrator.
Well-regarded matrimonial finance lawyer David Burles focuses on disputes concerning the distribution of assets after relationship breakdown. He is also proficient in financial remedy work involving cross-border and jurisdiction issues. Burles further handles private children work.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"David is a consummate professional who adopts an easy-going style with clients. He takes a focused and robust approach to his advocacy."
"Due to his judicial experience, he can see both sides of the argument very clearly. As a result, in court he is always calm and courteous to opposing counsel."
"Very good at listening to the parties, he's very clear in his opinions and is always happy to go the extra mile to get the settlement done."
"David is a consummate professional who adopts an easy-going style with clients. He takes a focused and robust approach to his advocacy."
"Due to his judicial experience, he can see both sides of the argument very clearly. As a result, in court he is always calm and courteous to opposing counsel."
"Very good at listening to the parties, he's very clear in his opinions and is always happy to go the extra mile to get the settlement done."
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