Paul was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1975. From 1978 to 1990 he was a litigation partner at the law firm Keegan Alexander. In 1990 he went to the independent bar, and he was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1996.Paul was appointed as a High Court Judge in 2015. He retired from the Court in August 2023, and has since resumed practice at the Bar as a mediator and providing litigation and consultancy advice.
Paul has extensive experience in a wide range of civil, criminal, regulatory, family, trust, and professional disciplinary cases.
During his years in legal practise Paul undertook a wide range of civil litigation as well as criminal cases.
He was engaged to represent both the Crown and private clients in the District Courts, High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of New Zealand and the Privy Council (UK) and also appearing before Courts in Fiji, the Cook Islands, and the USA.
Although not himself a member of the Auckland Crown Solicitor’s firm, from early in his career Paul was engaged by the Auckland Crown Solicitor to appear for the Crown to prosecute criminal cases, and he subsequently represented the Crown including as lead counsel in a number of major and high-profile criminal prosecutions. He also prosecuted and defended criminal cases brought by the Serious Fraud Office Office, and other government agencies.
Paul also undertook criminal and regulatory defence work, and over the course of his career successfully defended clients facing criminal and regulatory charges on numerous occasions.
Paul also appeared as counsel before several commissions of enquiry including most notably the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Air New Zealand DC-10 accident at Mt Erebus in Antarctica, and he was Counsel Assisting the Commission of Inquiry into Oakley Hospital.
During his years as a High Court Judge he heard and decided a broad range of civil and criminal cases, and on occasions also sat as a member of a Divisional Court of Appeal.
Paul was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1975. From 1978 to 1990 he was a litigation partner at the law firm Keegan Alexander. In 1990 he went to the independent bar, and he was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1996.Paul was appointed as a High Court Judge in 2015. He retired from the Court in August 2023, and has since resumed practice at the Bar as a mediator and providing litigation and consultancy advice.
Paul has extensive experience in a wide range of civil, criminal, regulatory, family, trust, and professional disciplinary cases.
During his years in legal practise Paul undertook a wide range of civil litigation as well as criminal cases.
He was engaged to represent both the Crown and private clients in the District Courts, High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of New Zealand and the Privy Council (UK) and also appearing before Courts in Fiji, the Cook Islands, and the USA.
Although not himself a member of the Auckland Crown Solicitor’s firm, from early in his career Paul was engaged by the Auckland Crown Solicitor to appear for the Crown to prosecute criminal cases, and he subsequently represented the Crown including as lead counsel in a number of major and high-profile criminal prosecutions. He also prosecuted and defended criminal cases brought by the Serious Fraud Office Office, and other government agencies.
Paul also undertook criminal and regulatory defence work, and over the course of his career successfully defended clients facing criminal and regulatory charges on numerous occasions.
Paul also appeared as counsel before several commissions of enquiry including most notably the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Air New Zealand DC-10 accident at Mt Erebus in Antarctica, and he was Counsel Assisting the Commission of Inquiry into Oakley Hospital.
During his years as a High Court Judge he heard and decided a broad range of civil and criminal cases, and on occasions also sat as a member of a Divisional Court of Appeal.
