Mr Paul Kirtley > Exchange Chambers > Leeds, England > Barrister Profile
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OXFORD HOUSE, OXFORD ROW
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Mr Paul Kirtley
Work Department
Employment; Personal Injury; Clinical Negligence; Regulatory; Mediation
Position
Paul is considered one of the leading civil practitioners on the North Eastern Circuit.
His expansive practice covers a wide range of areas including:
- Personal injury and clinical negligence – highly experienced in complex, high value injury claims – particularly traumatic brain injury, amputee and chronic pain claims.
- Employment – regularly appears on behalf of clients in the Employment Tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Civil Courts.
- Regulatory – his practice covers a number of sectors, including police, fire, healthcare, sport and local authority. He is one of a select group of barristers who is instructed on behalf of the Police Federation to represent its members.
- Mediation – Paul is an accredited civil and commercial and workplace mediator. He regularly mediates in a wide range of disputes, including commercial; employment including race and sex discrimination; public sector; solicitors and valuers’ negligence claims; medical negligence and personal injury claims.
Career
Called 1982; Recorder (1998); Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator (2004).
Memberships
- The Professional Mediators’ Association
- Personal Injury Bar Association
- Employment Law Bar Association
- Professional Negligence Bar Association
- Employment Lawyers Association
- Industrial Law Society
Education
- MA (Cantab). Downing College, Cambridge
- Recorder (1999) sitting in civil, crime and private family work
- Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator (2004)
- Accredited Workplace Mediator (2014)
Leisure
Paul is a classic car enthusiast, holds an International Rally Drivers Licence and both a Heavy Goods Vehicle licence and PSV licence. He also enjoys hill walking and skiing, notwithstanding his knee replacement operation! He is the former Chair of a national children’s charity ‘Dreams Come True’.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Mediators
(Mediators)Ranked: Tier 3Paul Kirtley – Exchange Chambers
Accredited civil and commercial and workplace mediator Paul Kirtley of Exchange Chambers mediates in relation to commercial matters, medical negligence, personal injury, and solicitors and valuers’ negligence claims. Kirtley is also experienced in probate, trusts, property and boundary disputes, and employment matters, including race and sex discrimination. He is increasingly mandated for high-value offshore mediations, especially in the Isle of Man.
Paul Kirtley – Exchange Chambers
Accredited civil and commercial and workplace mediator Paul Kirtley of Exchange Chambers mediates in relation to commercial matters, medical negligence, personal injury, and solicitors and valuers’ negligence claims. Kirtley is also experienced in probate, trusts, property and boundary disputes, and employment matters, including race and sex discrimination. He is increasingly mandated for high-value offshore mediations, especially in the Isle of Man.
Regional Bar > North Eastern Circuit > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Paul Kirtley – Exchange Chambers ‘He is an excellent negotiator with an eye to the practicalities and the human aspect of situations. A calm advocate.’
Regional Bar > North Eastern Circuit > Employment
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Paul Kirtley – Exchange Chambers ‘A master tactician and an advocate without compare.’
Regional Bar > North Eastern Circuit > Personal injury
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Paul Kirtley – Exchange Chambers ‘A junior with a confident approach and meticulous attention to detail. He quickly builds rapport with clients.’
Exchange Chambers is ‘excellent, with a wide range of expert counsel specialising in the area of personal injury‘. Pankaj Madan has ‘encyclopaedic knowledge of traumatic brain injuries‘, and Simon Ross has particular expertise in handling personal injury claims involving the military. Paul Kirtley provides ‘clear, sensible and realistic advice‘ on claims involving fatal accidents, psychiatric injuries, accidents at work and brain and spinal injuries. The team was bolstered by the arrival of Charlie Greenwood in January 2024.