Fountain Court Chambers

Paul specialises in complex Commercial and Chancery disputes in particular in cases involving insurance, banking, company disputes and civil fraud. Recent banking highlights include acting for the successful bank in the first civil Libor-fixing trial (PAG v RBS) and the subsequent London Executive Aviation v RBS and Morley v RBS litigation, including in the Court of Appeal.

Recent fraud highlights include Adeem v Al-Humaidhi, a multi-jurisdiction dispute in England, Jersey and Kuwait concerning shares in Aston Martin Lagonda; and the Unitel litigation concerning multimillion dollar loans to companies associated with Isabel dos Santos in the Angolan telecom sphere.

Paul frequently acts in company and partnership disputes including numerous unfair prejudice petitions, breach of warranty, shareholder disputes and claims for breaches of statutory and fiduciary duty. Recent highlights include acting for the successful appellant in the Supreme Court in the Eclairs v JKX claim concerning powers of Directors under the Companies Act.

Paul has considerable experience of fraud work including in relation to freezing and search orders, contempt of court claims as well as trial work.

Paul is frequently instructed in arbitration claims and associated applications to the English Court.

Called 1998, Middle Temple. QC 2018.

Publications

Contributor to Trusts and Trustees Contributor to Insurance and Reinsurance Law Briefing and International Banking and Financial Law (in relation to Bitcoin and ICOs); Contributing Editor of Commercial Court Procedure (Sweet & Maxwell) Contributor to Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Precedents of Pleadings on Aviation Precedents (Sweet and Maxwell) Joint author, Carriage by Air (Butterworths) The “Aviation” section in Bullen Leake & Jacob’s Precedents of Pleadings

Combar.

M.A Cambridge (First Class Honours) LL.M Harvard (Magna cum laude, equiv.) ICSL (Outstanding) Variety of University prizes including: Sweet and Maxwell Prize (for highest First in Law in University), Schuldman Plate (for best overall graduate of Caius College), Scholar’s Prize (x3), Sir William McNair Law Prize (x2) and George Long Prize. Variety of Bar prizes including Barstow Scholarship, Middle Temple Certificate of Honour, Queen Mother Scholarship, Harmsworth Entrance Exhibition