Masters of the Bench

Paul specialises in employment law and sports law at Blackstone Chambers; he took Silk in 2000.  Before coming to the Bar, he taught employment law at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.  He helped to found the Employment Law Bar Association, was Chairman (1998-2000) and Vice-President (2000-2004) of the Employment Lawyers Association, and is Editor of Employee Competition: Covenants, Confidentiality, and Garden Leave (OUP).  Since 2008 he has been a Specialist Member of the Football Association Judicial Panel, and in that capacity sits as an arbitrator in disciplinary matters concerning footballers, football managers and clubs.  He is a MT Sponsor and Advocacy Trainer.