Biography

He has a broad practice primarily based around commercial and intellectual property law. Matters in which he has acted include contract disputes, trademark and patent litigation, restrictive covenants, professional negligence claims, warranties in the sale of businesses, attempts to obtain disclosure of the names of website users, and cross-border insolvency disputes.

He appears regularly in the commercial and ordinary courts, and has appeared in the Inner House both alone and with senior counsel, and in the Supreme Court on several occasions.

Paul practiced as a solicitor in Glasgow for several years as a commercial litigator before calling to the Bar in 2004.