Practice Profile:  

Paul practises in equity & trusts, corporate & commercial law (including insolvency), and wills & estates. He has appeared in the High Court of Australia, the Victorian Court of Appeal and most other Australian superior courts. He is co-editor of the Commonwealth Law Reports and editor and co-author of The Laws of Australia: Unconscionable Conduct and The Laws of Australia: Torts.  Paul is also co-author of Appeals and Appellate Courts in Australia and New Zealand.

Before being called to the Bar, Paul was a Senior Associate with Blake Dawson Waldron (now Ashurst) and, prior to that, was an Associate to the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG, then President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal.

Memberships

• Victorian Commercial Bar Association
• University House, University of Melbourne
• Senior Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne 2002-2007
• Member of the Tasmanian Bar.

 Publications/Presentations:

• Co-editor, Commonwealth Law Reports 2016 - present
• Reporter, Commonwealth Law Reports 2002 - present
• Co-author, "Appeals and Appellate Courts in Australia and New Zealand" (LexisNexis 2014)
• Co-author, The Laws of Australia: Contracts - Breach
• Editor and co-author,  The Laws of Australia: Unconscionable Conduct (Lawbook 1st edn 2006; 2nd edn 2009; 3rd edn 2017)
• Editor and co-author, The Laws of Australia: Torts (Lawbook, 2nd edn 2007; 3rd edn 2016)
• Editor and co-author, The Laws of Australia Vol. 33 - Torts
• Editor and co-author, The Laws of Australia Vol. 35 - Unfair Dealings
• Co-author, China Contracts Handbook
• Correspondent,  Asian Commercial Law Review 1995 -1996

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