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# Walnut House

Established in 1972

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [Blog](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/blog/)
- [Remote Hearings: Is it more difficult to judge if a witness is telling the truth?](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/remote-hearings-is-it-more-difficult-to-judge-if-a-witness-is-telling-the-truth/) - An interesting feature of the published judgments and material to date on the appropriateness of remote hearings has been this question: is it more difficult to judge if a witness is telling the truth in a remote hearing? There is, it has been said, an advantage for the court in being able to see and

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/) - Our Commitment Established in 1972 and positioned in the heart of Exeter, we are well placed to serve the South West and further afield across a broad range of disciplines at all Court levels. Our goal is to encourage diversity and accessibility whilst being fully committed to providing high quality, accessible and practical advice and
- [Chambers Standards and Transparency](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/chambers-standards/) - Equality & Diversity Walnut House is an equal opportunity organisation. We are committed to ensuring that within the framework of the Equality Act 2010, our chambers is free from discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, citizenship, nationality, sex, marital status or sexual orientation, disability, age or religion. Chambers anti-racism statement
- [Recruitment](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/recruitment/) - Tenancy Walnut House is always interested in hearing from high calibre practitioners with established practices in any of our core areas. All applications for tenancy are considered on their individual merits and will always be dealt with in the strictest confidence. In the first instance enquiries should be directed to our Head of Chambers, Lee
- [Criminal Law](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/criminal-law/) - Band 3 Crime - Chambers and Partners 2026 Walnut House is a notable Exeter-based set which is well regarded for its handling of serious criminal cases. Members undertake work relating to crimes of the utmost gravity, including murder, serious assaults and sexual offences involving both adults and children, and are regularly instructed to act for
- [Our Chambers Standards and Transparency](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/our-chambers-standards/) - Equality & Diversity Walnut House is an equal opportunity organisation. We are committed to ensuring that within the framework of the Equality Act 2010, our chambers is free from discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, citizenship, nationality, sex, marital status or sexual orientation, disability, age or religion. Chambers anti-racism statement
- [Our Staff](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/our-staff/) - Our Managing Clerks are contactable during normal working hours, 8.30am – 5.30pm. Outside of these hours our Chambers Director can be contacted on 07876 652758. If you would prefer to visit in person please let us know and we will be happy to arrange a suitable time and date. They have a wealth of experience between
- [About Walnut House](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/about-us/) - History Chambers began life in Southernhay West, Exeter in 1971 as the annexe of 4 Pump Court, Temple. In the mid-1980s there was an amicable split from London and Neil Butterfield (as he then was) became the first Head of Chambers before being appointed to the High Court Bench. Chambers moved to Walnut House in
- [Public Access](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/public-access/) - Contacting a barrister is not a daunting experience as we are approachable, professional and understand your needs. Our Practice Manager, Bernard, is your first contact in Chambers and has been dealing with members of the public directly since the scheme started in 2004. Further detailed information can be located through the Bar Standards Board dedicated
- [Family Law](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/family-law/) - With 'excellent availability of counsel with experience and expertise in family law', Walnut House is a go-to for solicitors in Exeter - Legal 500 2021 The members of our Family Team offer a comprehensive range of services across all aspects of family law. Our barristers are instructed to appear in all the Family Court Centres in
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/privacy-policy/) - Effective date: 17/05/18 Walnut House The Chambers of Adrian Chaplin ("us", "we", or "our") operates the www.walnuthouse.co.uk website (the "Service"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the
- [Cookie Policy](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/cookie-policy/) - This site uses cookies - small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies
- [Contact Us](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/contact-us/)
- [Public Access Barristers](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/public-access-barristers/)
- [Civil Law](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/civil-law/) - The members of our Civil Team offer expertise over a broad spectrum of civil law. We have a particular emphasis on Personal Injury, Contract and Commercial, Land and Property, Professional Negligence, Landlord & Tenant, Planning and Housing. Other work undertaken by individual Barristers includes Employment, Libel & Malicious Falsehood, Wills & Probate, Trusts and Insolvency. Our Civil Law Barristers have extensive experience
- [Barristers](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/barristers/)
- [Equality & Diversity](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/equality-diversity/) - Walnut House is an equal opportunity organisation. We are committed to ensuring that within the framework of the Equality Act 2010, our chambers is free from discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, citizenship, nationality, sex, marital status or sexual orientation, disability, age or religion.

## Team Members

- [Felicity Payne](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/felicity-payne/)
- [Catherine Daly](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/catherine-daly/)
- [William Glover](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/william-glover/)
- [Simon Laws KC](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/simon-laws-qc/) - Practice Overview Family Law His practice is evenly shared between children cases and ancillary relief cases. He has represented parents and guardians in private law and care cases, together with domestic violence fact-finding and "parental alienation syndrome" contact cases. His ancillary relief practice includes cases involving business valuations, non-disclosure/dissipation of assets, and the interaction of
- [Dan Pawson-Pounds KC](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/dan-pawson-pounds/)
- [Laura Searle](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/laura-searle/)
- [Tom Swain](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/tom-swain/)
- [Bill Baker KC](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/bill-baker-kc/)
- [Bethany Rickerby](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/bethany-rickerby/)
- [Mary Aspinall-Miles](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/mary-aspinall-miles/)
- [Evie Dean](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/evie-dean/)
- [Nikki Coombe](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/nikki-coombe/)
- [Cody Airinei](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/vicky-andrews/)
- [Kelly Scrivener](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/kelly-scrivener/)
- [Frederick Hookway](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/frederick-hookway/)
- [Will Parkhill](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/will-parkhill/)
- [Sam Wysocki](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/sam-wysocki/)
- [Lee Bremridge](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/lee-bremridge/)
- [Lara Spencer](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/lara-spencer/)
- [Zoe Kuyken](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/zoe-kuyken/)
- [Peter Coombe](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/peter-coombe/)
- [Paul Cavin KC](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/paul-cavin-qc/)
- [Emmi Wilson](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/emmi-wilson/)
- [Bernard Hayward](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/bernard-hayward/)
- [Tracey Gale](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/tracey-holmes/)
- [Azzam Bhatti](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/azzam-bhatti/)
- [Brian FitzHerbert](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/brian-fitzherbert/)
- [Heather Hope](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/heather-hope/)
- [Helen Bray](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/helen-bray/)
- [Bathsheba Cassel](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/bathsheba-cassel/)
- [Simon Burns](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/simon-burns-2/)
- [Mark Treneer](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/mark-treneer/)
- [Mary McCarthy](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/mary-mccarthty/)
- [Joss Ticehurst](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/joss-ticehurst/)
- [Jacky Coe](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/team_member/jacky-coe/)

## Categories

- [News](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/category/news/)

## Specialist Areas

- [Family Law](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/specialist-area/family-law/)
- [Criminal Law](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/specialist-area/criminal-law/)
- [Civil Law](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/specialist-area/civil-law/)
- [Public Access](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/specialist-area/public-access/)
- [Barristers](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/specialist-area/barristers/)
- [Clerks](https://www.walnuthouse.co.uk/specialist-area/clerks/)