Dr. David Burrows

David Burrows, is a solicitor advocate who deals with all aspects of family breakdown. As a solicitor advocate he has appeared in family courts and appellate courts at all levels (eg in May 2006 he appeared in two cases in the Supreme Court (then House of Lords); and in one he was the first solicitor to lead as advocate). As practitioner, teacher and writer he has a specialist interest in law in relation to confidentiality and privacy; and concerning rules of evidence and procedure in family...See more

David Burrows, is a solicitor advocate who deals with all aspects of family breakdown. As a solicitor advocate he has appeared in family courts and appellate courts at all levels (eg in May 2006 he appeared in two cases in the Supreme Court (then House of Lords); and in one he was the first solicitor to lead as advocate). As practitioner, teacher and writer he has a specialist interest in law in relation to confidentiality and privacy; and concerning rules of evidence and procedure in family proceedings. He was chairman of SFLA (now Resolution ) in 2003/4, and remains an active member. He is a founder (and continuing) contributor to Family Court Practice (the 'Red Book': first edition 1993). He was secretary to the steering committee for the first mediation service in UK in 1975/6, and of its trustees thereafter. He is the author of Children's Views and Evidence (Bloomsbury Professional) and also Family Law Briefing (available on Bloomsbury Professional's Familty Law online service). See less