Simon Paul

Practice Areas

Barrister specialising in commercial litigation and arbitration, including aviation, banking and finance, business crime, civil fraud, insurance and reinsurance, international arbitration, professional negligence and regulation and sanctions.

Recent and current cases: Russian Aircraft Claims Trial [2025] EWHC 1430 (Comm) (insurance/aviation); Al Sadeq, Quzmar v Dechert LLP & Ors [2024] K.B. 1038 (CA) (privilege); Mints v PJSC National Bank Trust [2024] K.B.559 (CA) (sanctions); Dexia Crediop Spa v Comune di Venezia [2023] Bus. L.R. 228 (CA) (banking and finance); CDE v NOP [2022] 4 W.L.R. 6 (CA) (privacy and international arbitration); FCA Business Interruption Insurance Test Case [2021] A.C. 649 (SC) (insurance); PJSC National Bank Trust v Mints [2022] 1 W.L.R. 3099 (issue estoppel and arbitral awards); Group Seven Ltd v Notable Services LLP [2020] 3 W.L.R. 1011 (CA) (dishonesty, vicarious liability and civil fraud).

Career

Called 2013, Gray’s Inn; Pupillage at Fountain Court Chambers (2014-2015); Tenant at Fountain Court Chambers (since 2015). Publications include MacGillivray on Insurance Law (editor, since 2016), and Lissack & Horlick on Bribery (contributor) (3rd Edition, 2020). SFO Proceeds of Crime Panel B (2021). DIFC Registered Practitioner.

Personal

London School of Economics and Political Science (2009 BSc Philosophy, First Class); Robinson College, Cambridge (2011 MPhil); BPP Law School (2012 GDL, Distinction); Kaplan Law School (2013 BPTC, Very Competent); Harvard Law School (2014 LLM, Dean’s Scholar).

Speaks French and Turkish.