Paul Kerfoot

Paul is a busy and versatile member of our Business and Property team. He has developed a following as a promising junior barrister as a result of his sharp and pragmatic approach to his work. Paul can provide CPD-accredited seminars to solicitors and professionals and has most recently spoken in our latest Junior Litigators Toolkit talk.

Business & Property

Paul acts in and advises on all aspects of Business and Property work. He regularly appears in the County Court and High Court in fast track and multi-track cases and has appellate experience. His practice also involves drafting statements of case, application notices and witness statements. Paul often deals with costs budgeting at CCMCs and appears in a wide range of application hearings. Given his Employment practice, Paul deals with cases with an element of Employment law such as restraint of trade and overpaid wages claims.

Employment

Paul accepts instructions from claimants and respondents in all aspects of Employment, including wrongful and unfair dismissal, discrimination and TUPE claims. He frequently appears in multi-day trials and is happy to draft pleadings and witness statements and to provide written advice. Paul draws on his Business and Property practice when dealing with discrimination and breach of contract claims in the civil jurisdiction.  

Insolvency

Paul is regularly instructed in a wide range of matters of individual and corporate insolvency for both creditors and debtors. He often deals with winding up and bankruptcy petitions, applications to annul bankruptcies and applications to set aside statutory demands. Paul can advise on all aspects of insolvency, having recently advised on an ultimately successful application to make a distribution to unsecured creditors in the course of an administration.

MEMBERSHIPS The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple North Eastern Circuit Commercial Bar Association (NECCBA) Employment Law Bar Association (ELBA) Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) Government Legal Department Junior Junior Scheme EDUCATION LLB Hons (2:1) Durham University – 2014-2017 BPTC (Very Competent) Northumbria University – 2017-2018 AWARDS Harmsworth Scholarship – The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple Dean's Award Scholarship – Northumbria Law School Chrystal Macmillan Prize – The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Paul is qualified to receive instructions direct from businesses, professionals and members of the public in appropriate cases.