The origins of Whiskers can be traced back over 150 years to Messrs Creeds who practised in Epping. In the late 19th century Raymond Elliot Trotter joined the practice and the firm came to be known as Trotter and Sons. During the 1920's a new partner, Thomas Herbert Chapman joined resulting in a further name-change to Trotter Sons & Chapman. From that time the firm continued to flourish and in the 1940's the firm incorporated a practice in Harlow, which in turn resulted in the partnership being renamed Trotter Chapman & Wormell.

It was not until 1946 when Herbert Stanley Whisker joined the practice and Chapman retired that the name of Trotter Chapman & Whisker was adopted.

In the 1950's David Whisker joined the practice together with Derek King and in the mid 1960's William Kennedy and Stephen Thirsk came to the practice.
 
Trotter Chapman & Whisker practiced under that name for many years and continued to expand. In 1966 the firm opened a branch in Ongar and later that year when the office in Ongar ceased operation a further office was opened in Harlow.

In the 1970's Trotter Chapman & Whisker incorporated John Exley in Ilford and became Whisker & Exley. A few years later Whisker & Exley took over Brooke Garland and Howe to become Whisker Garland & Exley.

In 1980 Whisker Garland & Exley closed its Ilford office and relocated the office to Barkingside.
 
During the early 1980's the firm elected to change its name to Whisker & Co, by which time the Whisker family had since retired from practice.

Whisker & Co's Barkingside office was closed in the late 1980's and the firm returned to its origins in Epping and Harlow. It was at this time a decision was made to remove the "& Co" from the firm's name, and the partnership has thereafter been known as Whiskers.

William Kennedy retired in 1990 to become a Stipendiary Magistrate and he is now a judge at Snaresbrook Crown Court.  

In 2000 Whiskers incorporated Montagues and opened the firm's Woodford office from which we continue to operate.

In 2006 the firm continued its expansion into Bishop's Stortford and moved to new offices within Harlow to produce the present set up practising in Epping, Harlow, Woodford Green and Bishop's Stortford.