Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

ACIArb

Law Society of Northern Ireland

Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature

Law Society of England & Wales

Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature

BPP Law School

Qualified Lawyer Transfer Test (Grade A)

Honourable Society of the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland

Barrister-at-Law (non-practising)

Honourable Society of the Middle Temple

Barrister-at-Law (non-practising)

University of Northumbria

PG Dip (Bar Vocational Course) (Very Competent)

University of Ulster

BA (Hons) Law & Economics

Paul graduated in Law and Economics from the University of Ulster and joined the leading defence practice of Donnelly & Wall in 1998. 

He subsequently graduated with distinction from the University of Northumbria and was called to the Bars of England & Wales (Middle Temple) and Northern Ireland in 2001; developing an extensive civil and criminal litigation practice with a focus on Judicial Review. 

Paul is a Tutor at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (QUB), and was an Advocacy Tutor within the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland (2003-2006).

He was a Trustee of Antrim District Citizens Advice Bureau (1998-2008), serving as both Chair (2001-2004) and Vice-Chair (2004-2008), and a non-executive Director of Citizens Advice Northern Ireland (1999-2003). 

Paul is dual qualified as a Solicitor Advocate in England & Wales and a Member of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).  He is based in our Belfast Office and is  Principal of our practice in England & Wales.