Edmund Burge K.C.

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

"A top-class advocate."

Legal 500 2026

‘Edmund is a phenomenal advocate – he’s eloquent, very intelligent, utterly charming and juries love him... he has an enviable work ethic and knows every corner of his case.'

The Legal 500 2024.

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Our specialist clerks can be contacted by email on clerks@5sah.co.uk or phone on 020 7332 5400. To contact our Chambers Director directly in relation to a specific members’ practice, please email dscothern@5sah.co.uk

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

The Legal 500

"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

Past Events

5SAH attending The Pupillage Fair: Saturday 26 October 2019

26/10/2019

Intercept led Investigations

16/02/2011

"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