Simon Burge
Partner
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023 8085 7088
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Simon Burge is highly experienced and gives excellent practical advice. He forges great relationships with his clients to whom he gives a complete and commercial service. He is also an excellent team leader.
Simon is an experienced family law practitioner specialising in high net value family cases. He is also HM Deputy Coroner for Hampshire (Central).
Main areas of practice
His main areas of practice include divorce, separation agreements, pre-nuptial agreements, post-nuptial agreements, ancillary relief, cohabitation agreements, maintenance, lump sum, property adjustment and pension sharing orders. He also advises on domestic violence injunctions, issues surrounding the enforcement and variation of financial orders, negotiating financial settlements and drafting consent orders, advising in relation to TOLATA and Schedule 1 Children Act claims.
Clients
Simon’s clients include high net worth individuals who are experiencing relationship breakdown.
Expertise
- Arrangements for Children, Parents and Grandparents
- Divorce and Separation
- Family Mediation
- Cohabitation Agreements
- Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements
Career
Simon joined the firm in 1985 and became a partner in 1989.
Contact details
023 8085 7088
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Accreditations





Memberships
- President of the Southern Coroners' Society and Deputy Coroner for Hampshire (Central)
- Member of the Law Society's Family Panel
- Chair of Hampshire Resolution (Solicitors Family Law Association)
Significant Experience
- Simon has over 30 years' experience in this field and regularly appears as an advocate on behalf of his clients in the Family Court.
- He has experience in all types of cases, including those with an international dimension, owner-managed businesses and farming cases.
- Simon was instructed as Solicitor for the Appellant in the case of Burns v Burns (which went to the Court of Appeal), concerning the circumstances in which the court can set aside a Consent Order.
Additional Expertise
Collaborative law: Simon is a Trained Collaborative Lawyer. He is a member of Solent Collaborative Group.
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