Paul was featured for his prosecution of Rasib Ghaffar, a barrister and part-time judge, who was charged alongside others in a large-scale legal costs fraud involving claims totalling £1.8 million, of which nearly £470,000 was paid out. Mr Ghaffar was convicted in 2024 and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. In February 2026, the Court of Appeal refused his application for leave to appeal against conviction. In October 2026, he was disbarred.

Paul specialises in serious and complex cases involving fraud, corruption, money laundering, murder and serious violence, the importation and supply of drugs, regulatory offences and confiscation proceedings.

Read The Times article (£).

Read the Court of Appeal judgment in Ghaffar v R [2026] EWCA Crim 194, refusing leave to appeal against conviction following an application to rely on fresh evidence.

The Ghaffar trial was the final in a series of prosecutions concerning multiple false claims for legal costs submitted by legal professionals. The cases, prosecuted by Paul and other members of Chambers, involved claims totalling £12.6 million, of which £1.43 million was paid out.

Read the earlier Chambers news article following the conclusion of the trials.