David EvansArea of Practice:Criminal Law Barrister
I was called to the Bar in 1996 and joined Walnut House in 1997 from 39 Essex Street in London. I studied law at Cambridge and spent 18 months thereafter studying history at Harvard. I was awarded a scholarship to Grays Inn for the Bar Vocational Course and subsequently spent a year travelling through Africa before embarking on a career on the Western Circuit. I judge mooting competitions at Exeter University and participate in the Bar’s Human Rights for Schools initiative. I accept instructions in all manner of criminal cases; my work is divided evenly between defending and prosecuting. I appear in trials on a daily basis in the Crown Courts at Exeter, Plymouth, Truro, Taunton, Bristol and beyond. I cover the full range of criminal work from murders, rapes and arsons to frauds, thefts, child cruelty and ordinary assaults. I also appear to prosecute and defend in specialist areas (e.g. local authority work, fisheries, health and safety, food standards etc.). Cases of Note:
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