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Circuit Officers – Western Circuit
Western Circuit

Circuit Officers

Jo Martin KC

Circuit Leader

Jo Martin KC is the Leader of Circuit from September 2022 until Autumn 2025.  Jo was called to the Bar in 2005 (Middle Temple, admitted as a solicitor 1996) and practises from Devon Chambers, Plymouth.  She practises in crime, regulatory crime and fraud, and complex fact finds in family cases. She took silk in 2018 and has been on the Western Circuit Women’s Forum committee (and latterly co-chair) since its inception.

Natasha Bellinger

Circuit Junior

Natasha Bellinger of Magdalen Chambers, Exeter, is the Circuit Junior, taking up the role in October 2023.  Natasha was called to the Bar in 2012 (Lincoln’s Inn) and is joint head of Magdalen Chambers.  She is a civil practitioner practising predominantly in property and housing law.

Maria Henty

Wine Treasurer

Maria Henty of Pump Court Chambers is Wine Treasurer with responsibility for all social events on Circuit. Maria was called to the Bar in 2012 (Lincoln’s Inn) and practises in family law, specialising in family finance.

Practice Area Members

  • Crime: Jason Beal, Devon Chambers
  • Family: Sarah Barber, No 18 Chambers
  • Civil: James Counsell KC, Outer Temple Chambers
  • Employment: Matt Jackson, Albion Chambers

Constituency Members

  • London: Kate Lumsdon KC, 23 Essex Street
  • Hants, Wilts & Dorset: Ellena James, 3PB Barristers
  • Devon & Cornwall: Holly Rust, Devon Chambers
  • Bristol, Somerset & Gloucestershire: Richard Posner, Crown Prosecution Service

Bar Council Representatives

  • Silk Rep: Kate Lumsdon KC, 23 Essex Street
  • Junior Rep: Hollie Gilbery, KBG Chambers
  • Young Bar Committee: Tanya Jones, Magdalen Chambers and Kiera Riddy, Browne Jacobson LLP

Area Bar Juniors

  • Devon & Cornwall: Vacant
  • Bristol: Emilene Davis, Albion Chambers
  • Hampshire, Wilts & Dorset: Tim Akers, Pump Court Chambers

Training & Education

  • Director of Training: VACANT
  • New Practitioners: Criminal – HHJ Adam Feest KC
  • New Practitioners: Civil: Hugh Sims KC, Guildhall Chambers and Peter Jennings, 3 Paper Buildings
  • New Practitioners: Family: Neil Maton, College Chambers and DJ Rachael Goodall

Circuit Administrator

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