The regional record
A developing investigation, followed through its places, public offices and institutions.
Start with the Torrington-area dispute, then follow the court, planning, wayleave and regulatory strands. Each location explains its connection and links to the relevant people, questions and source notes.
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Map outline: Natural Earth, public domain ↗.
Judicial geography
The official civil appeals tables place Barnstaple, Exeter, Plymouth and Bristol within the Western Circuit.
Mr J reports a Bristol appeal connection. The relevant appeal papers and status will be recorded as that reporting develops.
Official court and appeal-centre tables ↗ · Follow case L00BP152
Devon
Family account
Mr J identifies the Torrington area as the locality of the properties and the neighbour dispute.
Locality identified by Mr J on 19 September 2026.
Devon
Case correspondence and public directory
Barnstaple County Court appears in the family’s published review, costs correspondence and case record. The questions concern the documents and reasons supporting the costs decision.
Devon
Public office records
Bideford connects two separate strands: Seldons LLP’s professional office and Torridge District Council’s planning office. Each link leads to the particular questions and records concerning that organisation.
Cornwall
Departmental office and attributed correspondence
National Grid Electricity Distribution’s South West Wayleave Records office is in Bodmin. The attributed April 2024 Amelia Skea (National Grid Wayleave Services; Bodmin, Cornwall, in the attributed April 2024 email signature) email names its Bodmin office.
Devon
Current judicial directory; family account of case venue
The Judiciary’s current civil leadership directory lists Paul Mitchell at Exeter Combined Court Centre. Mr J also identifies Exeter as a court location involved in the wider case. The Forestry Commission’s South West area office is at Kennford, Exeter; it is the regional contact for the forestry questions.
Devon
Dated official judicial listing; contributor account of sittings
A May 2022 Judiciary financial-remedies chart records “HHJ Mitchell” as judicial lead for Devon and Cornwall, with Plymouth as the location. Mr J identifies Plymouth as a place where Mitchell sits.
South West England
Court-circulated appeal copy; chambers directory
3PB, Jack Christopher Kelsey Webb’s chambers, publishes a Bristol office address. Miss E’s appeal against Timothy Edmund Walsh’s judgment bears a Bristol High Court stamp dated 12 August 2026 and reference KA-2026-BRS-000028. The eight filed grounds are connected to the case reporting. Bristol also contains the Forestry Commission’s corporate correspondence office, connected here to the executive-review questions.
Jack Christopher Kelsey Webb — professionally Jack Webb; barrister, 3PB, Bristol; called to the Bar in 2016 · Bar Standards Board register ↗
Timothy Edmund Walsh — Circuit Judge, Western Circuit; appointed to Exeter Law Courts on 27 June 2022 · Official judicial appointment ↗
Nottinghamshire
Firm office and professional profile
Geldards identifies Howard Mark Hacking (professionally Mark Hacking; solicitor and partner, Geldards LLP, Nottingham; individual SRA 156301) as a partner in its Nottingham office. This is the public professional location associated with the correspondence examined in the BH68 reporting.
West Midlands
Institutional registered office
The Solicitors Regulation Authority gives Birmingham as its registered office. Laurence Price (SRA Investigation Officer who signed the 30 October 2025 decision) signed the October 2025 decision as an Investigation Officer.
Greater London
Official court guidance and corporate directory
London connects two distinct strands: King’s Bench Central Office at the Royal Courts of Justice, whose writ-issue record is requested, and National Grid’s corporate headquarters for the executive-review questions.
Each location links to the relevant reporting and records its source and date checked. The directory will expand as the case develops.
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