Top Recommended Family Lawyers

Peter Burgess, who founded his firm with Antonia Mee in 2013, was enjoying a year of High Court matters and HNW cases until Covid-19 swept the globe. But in the world of family law, the unprecedented situation is throwing up new challenges.

He predicts that social distancing measures could see divorces increase: ‘There’s this urban myth of a day in January when interest in divorce spikes because people have just spent the holidays with their partner… we might see the same thing here.’

Pandemic aside, Burgess excels in trust matters, capacity issues and wives with controlling spouses. ‘I seem to collect specialisms as the years go by,’ he muses.