Barrister

Paul Considine

His expertise is particularly strong in:

Company Law & Business
Commercial Litigation
Construction & Engineering Law
Intellectual Property & Media Law
Industrial Technology & Information Technology Law

To contact or instruct Paul Considine, please call 020 3034 0077 and ask for his clerk or e-mail enquiries@mercantilebarristers.com

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Paul Considine

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Background

Paul is dual qualified as a Barrister and as a Chartered Engineer with hands on commercial experience which makes him ideally suited to advising and litigation involving complex technical and commercial matters. He takes a practical approach to his client’s problems providing his legal services in the context or real world commercial and engineering realities.

Considerable Industry Experience

Paul’s practice is underpinned by over 30 years of experience gained in industry and commerce across a broad range of industries (oil & gas, nuclear, manufacturing, food & beverage, space, rail and the public sector commerce).

Prior to commencing practice at the Bar he spent 17 years as a consultant Chartered Engineer and 9 years as a Commercial and Claims Consultant. His pre-bar experience was obtained working for employers such as British Oxygen Company (BOC), Philips Electronics, British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL), and through various engagements as a commercial and claims consultant for BT, Atos Origin UK, Tubelines Ltd and the Department of Work and Pensions.

Strong Technical Background

He has established a practice at the Bar which often relies on his technical background. Following qualifications in Instrumentation and Process Control Engineering he obtained a BSc Honours degree in Electronic Engineering and subsequently his considerable experience and technical skill was recognised when awarded Chartered Engineer status by the Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1992 (now the IET) and Chartered Physicist status by the Institute of Physics in 1993.

He went on to study for the bar whilst working as a claims consultant applying his commercial and technical background. He achieved an outstanding grade in Intellectual Property at the BVC and then completed a pupillage in Intellectual Property prior to commencing practice at the Bar covering commercial, chancery, IP & IT and construction matters. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an Accredited Mediator.

Paul Considine

Personal Affiliations & Qualifications

Professional Affiliations

Corporate Member of Institute of Physics
Corporate Member of Institute of Technology
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Member of Intellectual Property Bar Association
Member of TECBARember of TECBAR
Member of COMBAR
Member of Society of Construction Law
Member of Society for Computers and Law
Member of London Court of International Arbitration
Expert Panel Member of Dispute Board Federation

Qualifications

HND Instrumentation & Process Control Engineering
BEng Honours Electronic Engineering
Chartered Electrical Engineer – UK Eng Council
CPE/PGDL; BVC [BPP London], Diploma in Law
Diploma in Arbitration
Public Access Registered
Accredited Mediator: ADR Group Ltd and Regents College London SP&CP

Paul Considine

Case Examples

Company & Commercial Law

Dr. Ronaghyon -v- Whitecross Dental Care Limited

Advising a specialist dental surgeon on issues of ongoing professional indemnity and subsisting corporate undertakings following the management buyout of a dental surgery.

Intertransfers Incorporated & Ors -v- Intertransfer Limited & Ors

Advice and representation of the owner of an unregistered trade mark in an intellectual property claim brought by a new entrant to the market with a similar mark. This case involved challenge to application to register a trade mark, trade mark infringement, revocation of a trade mark and passing off.

Serbeh-Yiadom -v- Standard Bank Plc

Advice and representation in a multi-million pound cross-border banking claim including breaches of fiduciary duty and unauthorised transfer of shares at an undervalue.

Waterhouse -v- Gordons Solicitors & Armstrong Wood & Bridgman Solicitors

Advising on professional negligence claims against solicitors in connection with residential property transactions.

Relfo Ltd (in Liquidation) v Varsani, [2012] EWHC 2168 (Ch); LTL 20/7/2012

Trial involving equitable tracing, knowing receipt and unjust enrichment

Construction & Engineering Law

Benson Construction Limited -v- Royal London Society for the Blind

Advice and representation of an employer against a repudiatory breach of contract claim by the principal contractor following determination of a JCT contract. This case also involved absolving the Quantity Surveyor/Project Manager of a claim of professional negligence liability for issuing the contract determination notices without express authorisation of the employer.

Ceilform Limited -v- Riverside Mouldings Limited

Advice and representation of a specialist trade contractor in connection with a bespoke manufacture and supply agreement engaging the issues of quality control and variation of contracted delivery dates.

May Gurney Construction Limited -v- London Docklands Authority

Advising a principal contractor in connection with substantial construction contract variations and extensions of time claims under a specialist civil engineering contract. Employer and principal contractor resolved to avoid litigation on strength of advice.

Ceilform Limited -v- Jonathan James Construction Limited

Advice and representation of a specialist trade contractor in a claim for variations and extension of time under a nominated sub-contractor agreement in respect of the development of the prestigious Rosewood London Hotel in Holborn.

London Borough of Barnet -v- Mann Construction Limited

Advising a civil engineering and construction principal contractor in respect of the enforcement of a planning notice by a local planning authority regarding structures erected without the benefit of a planning permission.

Property & Planning Law

Aberfeldy Development, London SE5

Advising a buy-to-let property investor on off-plan acquisition of a residential development property using special purpose vehicles and effective tax-planning methods.

Argyle Estates Limited

Advising a portfolio commercial property investor in respect of the financing, acquisition, leasing, redevelopment and disposal of commercial properties using special purpose vehicles both on and off shore.

Maidstone Investment Limited -v- Phones 4 U Limited

Advising a major West End landlord in respect of a dilapidations claim and the subletting of parts and transfer of obligations under the Law of Property Acts in relation to a West End retail property.