Paul moved to Newcastle in 1987 to study Law at Newcastle University. Having enjoyed living in Newcastle so much he then trained with Dickinson Dees and rose up through the ranks to Senior Associate. Paul took the opportunity to join the Commercial Property team as a partner at well-respected regional firm Crutes in 2005, but left shortly after Crutes was taken over by DWF. Paul has been with Short Richardson & Forth since 2013 and been Head of the Commercial Property Department since 2014.
Paul advises a number of owner managed property companies and high net worth individuals on their investment properties. He also advises a number of clients on their trading properties in the retail and leisure sectors and SME’s on the offices, warehouses, factories and shops they occupy for their business.