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About
Provided by Paul Parker
Practice Areas
Principal areas are (i) professional liability and disciplinary matters involving lawyers (including WCOs), accountants, auditors, actuaries, financial services professionals, insolvency practitioners, insurance brokers, surveyors/valuers; (ii) general commercial/chancery commercial litigation, with particular emphasis on insurance law; (iii) costs. Principal cases include: Infinity Reliance v Heath Crawford (2023 KB Comm): insurance brokers’ negligence; Suleman v GOC (2023 KB Admin): conflicts of interest; Barclay-Watt v Alpha Panareti (2021 QB Comm; 2022 CA): group action, property development, misrep; Mowlam v Rippon Patel & French (2020 QB): solicitor/client costs assessment; Quinn v Sullivan (2019 QB): commercial fraud; Le Brocq v Liverpool Crown Court (2019 CA): criminal WCO quashed; Riaz v Ashwood (2018 SCCO): delivery up of solicitors’ files; SRA v Emeana (2013 QB Admin): disciplinary interface between dishonesty and lack of integrity; Nationwide BS v Davisons (2012 QB and CA): solicitors’ liability for breach of trust; Makar v Russell Jones & Walker (2012 QB Comm): strike-out and CROs; Crabtree v Ng (2011 CA): stage 1 WCO quashed; Yechiel v Kerry London (2010 QB Comm): falsified insurance claims; Angel Solicitors v Jenkins O’Dowd & Barth (2009 Ch): solicitors’ undertakings; Nationwide BS v Lewis (1998 CA): no liability of salaried partner without reliance.
Career
MA (Cantab). Called (Middle Temple) 1986. At 4 New Square since 1987.
Professional Memberships
PNBA, ChBA, COMBAR, LCLCBA, BILA, ARDL.
Publications
Editor of Jackson & Powell: Professional Liability Precedents.
Personal
Educated at Mill Hill School and Christ’s College, Cambridge. Leisure interests: choral and solo singing, lawn tennis. Languages: French, Serbian.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Paul Parker is a respected barrister with a broad disciplinary practice. He is experienced in challenges concerning the misapplication of conduct rules by various regulatory bodies. He has particular expertise in disciplinary work involving the accountancy, financial services and legal professions.
Paul Parker is a highly experienced barrister whose practice in professional liability encompasses claims against virtually all non-medical professions. This includes cases involving solicitors, barristers, accountants, insurance brokers and numerous others. His work has often concerned negligence in relation to commercial conveyancing, audit planning and financial mis-selling.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is very good at the solicitors' regulation side of things, especially with sensitive issues."
"Paul is excellent when dealing with urgent instructions."
"He is extremely hard-working and very clever. He has the ability to establish very good relationships with lay clients alongside being an excellent advocate."
"He is excellent to work with and gets on well with lay clients. He is also very clever, extremely hard-working and a formidable advocate."
"He is very good at the solicitors' regulation side of things, especially with sensitive issues."
"Paul is excellent when dealing with urgent instructions."
"He is extremely hard-working and very clever. He has the ability to establish very good relationships with lay clients alongside being an excellent advocate."
"He is excellent to work with and gets on well with lay clients. He is also very clever, extremely hard-working and a formidable advocate."
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