List G Barristers

Paul joined the Victorian Bar in May 2022 and was appointed Silk in 2015. He specialises in Employment and Industrial Relations Law and has for many years been a strong contributor to the Bar's Continuing Legal Education program.

Paul is an author of the leading Australian employment law text "Macken's Law of Employment", Thomson Reuters, 4th ed (1997), 5th ed (2002), 6th ed (2009), 7th ed (2011), 8th ed (2016) and 9th ed (2022). He is recognised in Doyle’s Guide as a leading Employment Law Barrister (2012-2022), The Legal 500 (2021-2022), Chambers and Partners Pacific (2021-2022) and distinguished as outstanding in Best Lawyers (2016-2023). Best Lawyers have twice awarded Paul ‘Lawyer of the Year’ for Labour and Employment Law (2018 and 2020).

Paul is also an Honorary Senior Fellow of the University of Melbourne Law School, regularly teaching in the Melbourne Law Masters, and has since 2005 been an Editor of the Practice and Procedure Section of the Australian Journal of Labour Law.

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Bachelor of Commerce (Melb)

Bachelor of Laws (Melb)