Simon Walsh

Simon Walsh (born 1962), is a British barrister who specialised in police, licensing, and ecclesiastical law. He served as a magistrate in the City of London (2000–10), and as Alderman from 2002 to 2005, then deputy chairman. He also chaired the City of London Licensing Authority from 2007. a position which he held until 31 October 2011.

In August 2012, Walsh was charged with possessing five images of "extreme pornography", which were not found by police on his computers, but as email attachments on a Hotmail server account. He was found not guilty on all counts. Three images were of urethral sounding, and two of anal fisting. The images were all of consensual adult sexual activity. He was defended by Myles Jackman.