Paul Higgins specialises in the fields of Commercial Litigation, Civil Fraud, Insurance and Reinsurance, Personal Injury and Costs.
He is recognised as an advocate possessing “an extremely sharp intellect” who is “brilliant on his feet”. Paul has extensive trial and appellate experience and has appeared before the Supreme Court, and the Court of Appeal more than a dozen times. He has a meticulous eye for detail, and an ability to craft innovative legal and practical solutions in difficult cases. Paul has a firm but fair manner in negotiations and a calibrated approach to advocacy in the event that a claim is pursued beyond its reasonable limits. He has extensive experience of Joint Settlement Meetings, Mediations and other forms of ADR in appropriate cases.
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MA (Oxon)
News
- Paul Higgins secures s.57 dismissal of one dishonest claim and an immediate 10-month prison sentence in respect of another in a single week
- Interlocutory strike out of RTA claim in which the Claimant served a statement from a witness who was said to be ‘independent’ but was not.
Rankings
Recommendations
“Paul is very knowledgeable and very prepared. He knows his stuff.”…”He is an excellent barrister.”
Chambers and Partners, 2026
“Very eloquent in court, puts forward extremely persuasive and powerful arguments, and thinks swiftly on his feet.”
Legal 500, 2026
“Paul is first-choice counsel for counter-fraud work in high-value litigations.”…”Paul has an excellent reputation with insurer clients and solicitors; he is treated as the gold standard.”…”Paul gets really stuck into his cases.”
Chambers and Partners, 2025
“Extremely impressive in all his advocacy and written work.”
Legal 500, 2025
“Paul has an excellent manner and is a pleasure to work with.”
Chambers & Partners, 2024
‘A master strategist in fundamental dishonesty claims that can be quite nuanced.’
Legal 500, 2024
“He knows his cases backwards, is always incredibly well prepared, and is good at articulating his points.”
Chambers and Partners, 2022
“A go-to barrister with a wealth of experience in defending fundamental dishonesty claims.”
Legal 500, 2022
“Extremely knowledgeable, strategic and commercially astute when advising upon fundamental dishonesty – a force to be reckoned with in this field of expertise.”
Legal 500, 2021
“He is an excellent barrister with a fearsome reputation.”; “He’s an extremely strong performer. You go to him if you have a hard case that needs to be presented strongly.”; “A leading barrister in this field.”
Chambers & Partners, 2021
“Clearly a leading member in this field.” “Absolutely fantastic. One of the leading authorities.”
Chambers and Partners, 2020
‘Fields a strong practice in motor insurance fraud and regularly defends insurers against claimants looking to defraud them. He has appreciable experience of handling committal proceedings and putting cases before the Court of Appeal. Higgins is often instructed in high-value and complex claims. “Very robust in his advocacy.” “An excellent barrister.” Recent work: Acted for Liverpool Victoria in committal proceedings against two solicitors and a doctor relating to an amendment to a medical report’.
Chambers and Partners, 2019
‘Astonishing on his feet.’
Legal 500, 2018
