Paul has over 30 years' experience advising insurers and large corporate clients on high-value and catastrophic injury claims, EL/PL, and motor claims. He spent almost two decades working with Aviva, including being part of their major bodily injury unit and as an in-house solicitor, before working in private practice. 

He is often instructed on first notification of a claim and has a track record of early investigation and resolving claims without proceedings ever being raised. 

Paul specialises in injuries of maximum severity, including spinal injuries, amputations, and brain injuries. He also has a reputation for dealing with causation issues and high financial losses. 

Paul’s relevant experience includes: 

• Handling a personal injury claim involving a serious brain injury to a teenage passenger who had severe cognitive impairment. A collaborative approach was adopted throughout with regular meetings with his case manager and legal advisers, and the claim was settled on a lump sum basis for a significant sum. 

• Advising on the reported case of Laws v Williams and Another (2018) EWHC1871 (QB) which advised that the defendant was not liable for stopping at the bottom of a slip road as it was unsafe to enter the main carriageway. The case also deals with QOCS.  

• Advising on the reported case of Pursoty v Vaghani and others (2013 All ER D214) which dealt with the liability for a pedestrian stepping from between two stationary HGV's in front of slow-moving traffic which could not avoid her