Exchange Chambers

Employment; Personal Injury; Clinical Negligence; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Police Law; Inquests; Healthcare (Acting for the Professional)

Paul is considered one of the leading civil practitioners on the North Eastern Circuit.

His expansive practice covers a wide range of areas including:

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• Personal injury and clinical negligence – highly experienced in complex, high value injury claims – particularly traumatic brain injury, amputee and chronic pain claims.

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• Employment – regularly appears on behalf of clients in the Employment Tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Civil Courts.

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• 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.

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• 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.

Called 1982

Recorder (1999) – Civil, Crime and Private Family Work Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator (2004) Chairman of the Bar Conference (2006) Accredited Workplace Mediator (2014) North Eastern Circuit Representative on the General Council of the Bar (10 years) Former Vice Chair Public Affairs Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Bar Council Senior Accredited Advocacy Trainer (North Eastern Circuit)

The Professional Mediators’ Association Personal Injury Bar Association Employment Law Bar Association Professional Negligence Bar Association Employment Lawyers Association Industrial Law Society

MA (Cantab). Downing College, Cambridge Called to the Bar July 1982: Middle Temple Harmsworth Scholar

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’.