EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Admitted in 2002, Paul has practiced exclusively in the area of statutory compensation and common law claims with a particular emphasis upon assisting employers and insurers with early claims determination, strategic claims management advice, statutory interpretation, alternate dispute resolution and where necessary, litigated outcomes. In addition to private practice, Paul has also been seconded to government (icare).

Paul has experience in managing the most complicated and sensitive claims for employers and insurers including those involving media interest, catastrophic injuries and fatalities, uninsured liabilities and motor vehicles, deemed employment, cross-border jurisdictional issues, shared claims, private / public partnerships and multiparty common law matters. He routinely advises on claims governed by both the 1926 and 1987 Workers Compensation Acts in respect of workers, deemed workers, exempt workers and coal miners, and undertakes litigation in most NSW Courts and Tribunals including the Personal Injury Commission, District and Supreme Courts, the NSW Court of Appeal and in the Residual Jurisdiction of the District Court. 

Paul’s philosophy toward legal practice involves him providing his clients, as early as possible, plain English advice regarding the merits of a claim and then collaboratively engaging with the employer and insurer stakeholders to resolve disputes as quickly and as cost effectively as possible. He prides himself on his ability to action urgent instructions with the provision of definitive advice (often within 24 hours of being instructed) and remaining informed of the most recent developments in workers compensation practice.