Paul O'Callaghan

Paul maintains a busy civil litigation practice which includes fast and multi track claims relating to business and commercial law, personal injury, general contractual disputes, property (landlord and tenant), debt recovery and consumer credit.

He has specific experience of consumer claims relating to the automotive industry, including 'supercars' and recently successfully litigated a claim involving a Ferrari 296 on a direct access basis. He also accepts instructions in the areas of credit hire, road traffic accidents and holiday sickness claims and claims relating to aircraft and aviation.

Unusually for a direct access barrister, Pauls is qualified to provide litigation services for lay clients in appropriate cases, meaning that he can fulfil the roles of both solicitor and barrister in one. Paul regularly provides drafting and advisory services to solicitors and lay clients who routinely instruct him to attend hearings in the High Court and the County Court including:

•  Letters of Claim (pre-action protocol letters)
•  Pre-Action Disclosure applications
•  The full range of interim applications
•  CCMCs
•  Disposal hearings
•  Trials including liability, causation and LVI / alleged fraud
•  Costs hearings
•  Appeals

Paul has accrued extensive experience of the law surrounding discrimination, equality of opportunities, and equal treatment at work from his employment practice. He is equally happy to advise and represent clients in relation to civil discrimination claims heard in the County Court as in the Employment Tribunal.

Paul also deals with professional regulatory/disciplinary matters, primarily in the sporting, legal and healthcare sectors, and maintains a busy civil litigation practice which includes acting in property, contract and business disputes as well as personal injury.