Paul BW Chaplin

Biography

Paul BW Chaplin was born of Anglo-Brazilian parents, but was orphaned and grew up in a variety of Children's Homes. He took a degree in law at Hertford College of Oxford University and went on to qualify as a barrister and later 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.

The Baxendale Walker Firm

Since then, his eponymous firm Baxendale Walker LLP has grown to be one of the leading wealth and tax advisory boutiques in the world, offering consultancy services to high net worth companies and individuals in the UK, Europe and the USA.

The Baxendale Walker name first came to public prominence as a result of his professional writings, beginning with his 1997 book "The Law and Taxation of Remuneration Trusts", which he co-authored with Andrew Thornhill QC. The book established his reputation as a leading and innovative tax and trusts strategist. It became referred to publicly by the Inland Revenue (HM Customs & Excise) as the "bible" on the subject. Paul went on to publish his seminal work on the law of purpose trusts in 1999. He has written extensively for professional journals [ [http://www.baxendalewalker.com/pdf/eurolaw.pdf European Wealth Management] ] and spoken at countless seminars, including the Conservative Party Conference, standing out against OECD intervention in the affairs of sovereign states [ [http://www.caymannetnews.com/Archive/Archive%20Articles/December%202002/Issue%20296/OECD%20harmful.html Cayman Net News: OECD Harmful Tax Initiative Accused of Violating UN Charter] ] .

The Baxendale Walker name became even more prominent when he was wrongly accused by the Serious Fraud Office of having been involved in a conspiracy to defraud the Balfron pension scheme. His innocence was declared by Mr Justice Etherton in the High Court, yet the SFO attempted to continue their prosecution of him, finally resulting in their prosecution being stayed at Southwark Crown Court, after just 1 day of hearing. [ [http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=99759 thelawyer.com: Judge stays Baxendale-Walker fraud case] ] The SFO was ordered to pay Paul over £1 million in compensation. It was the first time in British legal history that a professional had defended himself in this way against the SFO and the case became another significant mark against the already beleaguered institution.

Pressed by the SFO, the Law Society then began a campaign to try and end his status as a solicitor. Paul resigned his membership of the Law Society after he uncovered a major scandal, in which documents obtained by Court Order, together with tape transcripts, showed that senior officers of the Society had corruptly conspired to manufacture false evidence against him, for the purposes of fabricating a case against him. The Law Society's case was thrown out by Lord Phillips, and the Law Society had to pay Paul half a million pounds in compensation. Paul then successfully sued an accountant who acted in the conspiracy [ [http://www.accountancymagazine.com/croner/jsp/Editorial.do?cache=true&channelId=-305030&contentId=810743&Failed_Reason=Session+not+found&com.broadvision.session.new=Yes&BV_UseBVCookie=No&Failed_Page=%2fjsp%2fEditorial.do&BV_UseBVCookie=yes Accountancymagazine.com: Tax specialist sues Deloitte] ] and won damages and costs for defamation. The Society then brought a fresh round of invented allegations against him, some of which were thrown out. They then persuaded their own adjudication body, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, to strike him off on the grounds that he had a conflict of interest in marketing his own tax products through his own company. No evidence was offered by any client or professional. The Society was unable even to claim that any client had been prejudiced, and despite them writing to several clients to ask them to complain, none did. The basis of the decision was that there existed a conflict of interest because he was unable to criticise his own advice. Several senior commentators have described the decision as "ludicrous" and "illogical and absurd".

Paul has continued growing the successful Baxendale Walker firm, and since expanded his advisory practice to the United States.

MPRO

Paul's music, TV and film production company MPRO began to make headway in the late 1990s by investing in small prestige projects in the music and film industries.

Films included [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A19334054 "Skin Deep"] which was nominated Best Short Film, Short Film Category, BAFTA 2001; and [http://www.madeupnorthproductions.co.uk/talkingwithangels/twa.html "Talking With Angels"] together with The Stranglers short film "Norfolk Coast" Fact|date=July 2008, starring Michael Ball and Susannah York, and with the Stranglers' live concert DVD.

MPRO's latest music project was a series of music videos for The Dualers [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLmvOEcNZ7w Don't Go] and "Wonder Girl"

Paul himself has become a sought after TV performer and actor. He played Macbeth in the 2007 film production and is currently cast in over 12 different film productions in the US.

His most recent performance is as the host of the late night discussion show 'RedZone', which features political and media celebrities discussing randomly chosen subjects from "Devil Cards", without the usual time constraints of topical discussion shows. His guests have included:
*Neil and Christine Hamilton
* [http://www.junctioneight.co.uk/Paul%20Bloxham.htm Paul Bloxham] : celebrity Chef
*Jon Wise: TV Columnist for the Sunday People
* [http://www.chelseytv.com/ Chelsey Baker] : Model, Actress and Entrepreneur
*Gary Bushell: Writer, Musician, Journalist and TV Personality
*Lawrie McMenemy: Football coach
*Derek Laud: Tory Parliamentary Candidate, Writer and Presenter

Playboy and Entrepreneur

As the owner of Bluebird Productions, which is one of the largest hardcore pornography and erotica producers Paul Chaplin has appeared in a number of shoots, a spokesman for liberal society and alterative sexual culture. He has written and produced over 200 erotic films and appeared on various TV shows discussing matters of sexuality in society.

He owns the largest independent film studio in the UK and the one of the largest independent film studios in the US.

An open advocate of multi-partner relationships, "PC" has been linked to a string of high profile models and actresses, including [http://www.biogs.com/loveisland/douvall.html Alicia Douvall] ; Linsey Dawn McKenzie; [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1090124/ Sammi Jessop] ; [http://www.bgafd.co.uk/actresses/details.php/id/a0195 Antonia Deona] ; [http://www.myspace.com/carlyparkerxxx Carly Parker] ; [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=261053373 Myla Charles] ; the Twins [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=261042747 Kit & Kat Lee] and many others. PC has been quoted as saying "If there's fun, I'm having it".

Paul lives in Surrey, London and Los Angeles and is represented in the UK by [http://www.mcsagency.co.uk/ MCS Agency]

References

External links

* [http://www.baxendalewalker.com Baxendale Walker LLP]
*ISBN 978-0406988812 Purpose Trusts, by Paul Baxendale-Walker