Paul Baxendale-Walker

Who is Paul Baxendale-Walker?

Paul Baxendale-Walker, also known under the pseudonym Paul Chaplin, is a talk show host, former lawyer and an author of legal text books. He is, together with Andrew Thornhill Q.C., the author of The Law and Taxation of Remuneration Trusts and also the Purpose Trusts.

Paul Baxendale-Walker was born of Anglo-Brazilian parents, but he was orphaned and grew up in a variety of Children's Homes. He got a degree in law at Hertford College of Oxford University and went on to qualify as a barrister and later a solicitor. He worked in taxation law at the Bar in Lincoln's Inn and then in various City law firms and Arthur Andersen, before establishing his "Baxendale Walker" practice in Mayfair in 1994.

In 1994, Baxendale-Walker advised the trustees on the taking of loans from a pension fund established for the benefit of employees. Unknown to him, the borrowers were fraudsters and £2,135,000 went missing. In subsequent civil proceedings, Mr. Justice Etherton found Baxendale-Walker was not guilty of dishonesty.