Paul Newman
Paul Newman
Barrister at Law
Called 1982
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Cambridge University (BA-MA) (Modern & Medieval Languages)
City University London (Dip Law)
Called to the Bar of England & Wales (Gray’s Inn, November 1982)
Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland (October 2022)
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (1999)
Accredited Mediator (ADR Group) and accredited adjudicator (RIBA and TecBar)
PROFESSIONAL
Paul Newman joined Pendragon Chambers as a working door tenant in July 2015, having been since October 2006 a member of 3 PB barristers, where he remains in practice.
Before returning to private practice at the Bar, Paul spent a number of years in solicitors’ practice as a specialist construction lawyer, dealing with residential and commercial building contracts.
Paul advises across a broad range of construction disputes, including claims about defective works, payment, professional negligence and Party Wall matters. He appears regularly in Court hearings and represents clients in adjudication and mediation. He accepts appointments as an adjudicator, arbitrator and more particularly a mediator. His mediation practice is focused largely on construction, property, professional negligence and general contract claims.
Paul’s practice extends to some property cases – rights of way, trespass, nuisance / property damage and boundary disputes.
Paul continues to be involved regularly in a number of personal injury claims.
Rankings
Chambers and Partners rankings
- Leading Junior 2023
- Leading Junior 2022
Legal 500 rankings
- Leading Junior 2023
- Leading Junior 2022
- Leading Junior 2021
- Leading Junior 2020
- Leading Junior 2019
- Leading Junior 2018
- Leading Junior 2017
- Leading Junior 2016
NOTABLE CASES
- Baldwin and another v. Pickstock Ltd [2017] EWHC 2456 (TCC)
- Frederick Dennis Baldwin & Another v JR Pickstock Ltd [2017] EWHC 2456 (TCC)
- Boardwell v K3D Partnership Property (2006) ADJ CS 04/21
- David & Teresa Bothma (T/A DAB Builders) v Mayhaven Healthcare Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ. 527
- Lovell Projects v Legg & Carver BLR 452 (2003)
- Melhuish & Saunders Ltd v Hurden & Hurden [2012] EWHC 3119 (TCC)
- Rankilor (1) / Perco Civil Engineering Ltd (2) v M Igoe Ltd (2006) ADJ LR 01/27
- Wycombe Demolition Ltd v Topevent Ltd [2015] EWHC 2692 (TCC)
- McClellan v Pudsey [2016], Lawtel 21/9/2016.
Languages
Fluent French and German with a good working knowledge (including written) of Spanish.
Public Access
In appropriate cases Paul, who has been a licensed public access practitioner since 2007, will represent members of the public without the intervention of a solicitor.
Appointing Paul as a Mediator, Adjudicator or Arbitrator? Paul’s appointment terms are available on request.
Paul Newman is a barrister registered with Bar Standards Board of England and Wales. He is a sole practitioner and has professional liability insurance provided by the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund Ltd., Bar Mutual Management Company, 90 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 4ST www.barmutual.co.uk. Bar Mutual provides cover for claims
brought anywhere in the world.
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