Paul is a prominent Sydney-based barrister who appears in criminal defence hearings in the Local Court and in complex criminal law hearings, in family law hearings and in migration matters.
Paul is known for utlizing client psychological, medical and background contexts (such as autism spectrum disorder and severe substance dependencies) to reduce moral culpability and to secure bail.
Notably:
- Paul represented Phillip Papaefthymiou, a man initially accused of murdering his partner. Paul successfully negotiated bail and later had the murder charges completely dropped after autopsy findings revealed the cause of death was a heart attack rather than physical trauma.
- Paul defended individuals linked with hardline activities who were charged with flying under false names to evade police scrutiny.
- Paul defended an autistic man hoarding homemade weapons, successfully arguing that the client’s rigid, lateral thinking patterns significantly altered his moral culpability.