Employment; Personal Injury; Clinical Negligence; Regulatory; Mediation

Called 1982; Recorder (1998); Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator (2004).

Personal Injury Bar Association, Employment Law Bar Association, Professional Negligence Bar Association, Employment Lawyers Association, Industrial Law Society. For 10 years, North Eastern Circuit Representative on the General Council of the Bar. Former Vice Chair Public Affairs Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Bar Council. Accredited Advocacy Trainer (North Eastern Circuit). Chairman of the Bar Conference 2006. Former Chair of National Charity, ‘Dreams Come True’, engaged in realising the treasured dreams of terminally and seriously ill children.

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.

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)