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Paul O'Callaghan

Paul O'Callaghan

  • Called to BAR: 2008
  • Contract Law
  • Costs
  • Employment Law
  • Money Claims & Debt
  • Personal Injury

Summary

Paul is a specialist employment and commercial lawyer. He accepts instructions relating to a broad range of civil disputes and is equally at home representing clients in the Employment Tribunal as the County Court and High Court. Paul represented Team GB at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and, perhaps not surprisingly, is known for his strong work ethic and commitment to delivering a high standard of service to his clients.

Specialist areas of law include

  • Contract Law
  • Costs
  • Employment Law
  • Money Claims & Debt
  • Personal Injury

Profile description

Employment 

Paul is an experienced specialist employment law barrister and a member of the Employment Lawyers Association. He has a national practice encompassing the full range of employment law issues including but not limited to:-

  • Unfair Dismissal
  • Constructive Dismissal
  • Wrongful Dismissal
  • Discrimination of all kinds
  • Equal Pay
  • Whistleblowing
  • Flexible Working
  • Redundancy
  • Breach of contract claims in the County Court and High Court

Paul regularly appears at tribunals nationwide but he prides himself on a conciliatory approach to employment disputes and he is pleased to say that the vast majority of cases that he deals with settle amicably without the need for a hearing which ultimately saves the parties time and costs. Paul's employment work is generally split at 75% Claimant and 25% Respondent.

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.

Civil Litigation 

Paul maintains a busy civil litigation practice which includes commercial law and contractual disputes, property ~(landlord and tenant), debt recovery claims, consumer credit, Personal Injury and specifically Credit Hire, Road Traffic Accidents and Holiday Sickness claims.

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:

  • 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 offers advice in writing, conference and by telephone as well as assistance with disciplinary and grievance procedures, document drafting and advocacy at interim and final hearings.

In addition to his busy employment law practice, Paul deals with professional regulatory/disciplinary matters (primarily in the legal and healthcare sectors). He also accepts instructions to advise and represent clients in relation to discrimination proceedings being handled by the civil courts in addition to the Employment Tribunal, including discrimination claims against educational institutions.

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