Paul Newcombe > Park Square Barristers > Middlesbrough, England > Barrister Profile

Paul Newcombe

Work Department

Crime, Regulatory & Public

Position

Crime

A busy and popular advocate, Paul deals with complex and serious general crime and with difficult sexual cases involving rape and child sexual abuse – the latter often involving historic allegations. Paul has considerable experience in questioning vulnerable witnesses particularly children via intermediaries and he frequently advises on cases involving the overlapping laws in historic sex crimes.

His degree in Business Law gave him a solid grounding in accountancy, business finance and crimes involving companies and company directors.

Regulatory & Public
Paul has dealt with Court’s Martial, disciplinary hearings involving medical professionals, members of the armed forces and the police, Inquests, Mental Health Tribunals, HMRC and VAT cases.

Paul also has a keen interest in licensing, local authority appeals and private road traffic cases as well as Trading Standards, Environment Agency and DSS cases

Paul has sat as a Panelist at the Medical Practitioner Tribunal Service, presiding over disciplinary cases involving doctors and has a keen interest in hearings before the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the MPTS and the General Dental Council.

Career

Call 1991
Tenant at Old Court Chambers, Middlesbrough

2020
Old Court Chambers Merges with PSQB

Appointments:
Criminal Bar Association Grade 4 Prosecutor Rape & Serious Sexual Offences Panel

Memberships

Criminal Bar Association
North Eastern Circuit
Inner Temple

Education

1989
Huddersfield Polytechnic Llb (Hons) Business Law

1990
Inns of Court Law School