​Paul joined Checkmylegalfees.com as a consultant in October 2019.

He is dual qualified as a Barrister and a Solicitor, completing his pupillage and practice at Hardwicke Building in London before moving to Eversheds in 1992, where he was a partner for 9 years. Whilst at Eversheds, Paul established and developed their national costs team before founding Just Costs Solicitors in 2006.

Paul deals with advocacy for CMLF as well as running his own caseload.


​Solicitor (Admitted 15/08/95), Higher Rights of Audience
​Barrister (1989)
​Case Name ​Comment
Griffiths v Solutia UK Ltd [2001] EWCA Civ 736 ​Leading Court of Appeal case on proportionality.
Inline Logistics v UCI Logistics Ltd [2002] EWHC 9021​Appeal hearing regarding recovery of a commercial insurance premium.
NG Bailey & Co v AMEC Design & Management Ltd [2003] WL 2265655​Leading decision on the ambit of disclosure in costs proceedings. Multi-million pound costs dispute.
​Dennis Rye v Liquidators of Ashfield Nominees Ltd [2005] EWHC 1189 (Ch)​Recovery of costs in insolvency proceedings.
​Miller v Pugh & MIB – 19 April 2005​Recoverability of interest & costs of costs in non-litigated cases.
JN Dairies v Johal Dairies [2011] EWHC 90211 (Costs)​Substantial costs dispute following a lengthy trial and appeal, between warring milk production companies.
Daad Sharab v Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal [2013] EWHC2324 (Ch)​Costs dispute acting on behalf of TLT for Daad Sharab, following her successful trial for $10 million commission brokering the sale of an aircraft to Colonel Gadaffi on behalf of the defendant, a prince of the Saudi Arabian royal family.

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