Call to bar

1989

Personal

Paul is an FA Qualified and active Football Referee - refereeing open age football throughout South Yorkshire and involved in the coaching of an under 12 Sunday League Football Team.

Practice

Criminal Law – both prosecution and defence. Serious sexual offences, large drugs cases and cases involving serious violence. Entirely comfortable with DNA reliant cases, those involving mobile telephone interrogation and cases where computer examination has taken place (indecent image/pseudo image cases). Also cases involving large thefts/breach of trust by employees.
Regulatory – all aspects.

Representative Cases:

R v H (2008) – defendant charged with murder. Acting for defence
R v M (2008) – defendant charged with murder. Acting for defence
R v G (2008) – defendant charged with attempted murder x3. Acting for defence.
R v R (2008) – defendant charged with rape. Acting for defence.
R v Jakeman (2006/7) - Defence counsel representing defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud O2 mobile phone company. Case listed 4 weeks.
R v Naylor & others (2005) – Leading defence junior. Represented man charged with serious sexual offences. Case listed 6 weeks.
R v Whittaker & others (2004/5) – Leading defence junior. Conspiracy to supply drugs. Case listed 11 weeks. VHCC contracted case.
R v Oddy (2004) – leading defence junior. Conspiracy case lasting 4 weeks at the Old Bailey.