Yvonne Simmons

Yvonne joined Chambers in April 2011 and has overall responsibility for the clerking of the family team, including diary management, practice development and fee negotiation.

She is also well versed in all aspects of public funded family work, including FGF, FAS and VHCC/CCFS.
Yvonne has been a clerk for over30 years and prior to joining KBG, was joint senior clerk at a common law set in London before moving to Devon with her family in 2010.

Outside Chambers, Yvonne is secretary of a successful local swim club(and swim taxi!) and in her spare time enjoys furniture & property renovation.

Legal 500 Recommendations 2025 Edition

'Yvonne Simmons is amazing. Her attention to detail is first-class.'

'Yvonne Simmons is committed, helpful, friendly and always goes the extra mile to     support.' 

'Yvonne Simmons and Lizzie Crothers are stand-out clerks who know their barrister's strengths and weaknesses and how best to match a case with the council .' 

'The clerks are good overall. The senior family clerk, Yvonne Simmonds, is strong and always appears to be on top of counsel's availability and how that may change with ongoing cases.'

Legal 500 Recommendations 2024 Edition

'Yvonne Simmons and Emily Veitch are reliable and extremely personable and always are able to know what the requirements are and do their best to accommodate.’

'Yvonne is one of the most approachable, down to earth, helpful people around.’

Legal 500 Recommendations 2023 Edition

‘Yvonne Simmons and Colin Palmer make a great and team and have a fantastic handle on the case load. '

Legal 500 Recommendations 2022 edition

‘Yvonne Simmons is worth her weight in gold and a real asset to chambers‘.

‘Yvonne Simmons is beyond compare. She is just brilliant and fantastic to deal with‘.

‘Emily Veitch, Elizabeth Crothers and Yvonne Simmons are all brilliant clerks. They will respond quickly, efficiently and always try and offer practical solutions so that a case can be covered by chambers‘.

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