Paul Cameron

Legal Cost Consultant

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Areas of Expertise

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• Court Appointed Costs Assessments

• Settlement Negotiations

• Drafting Costs Statements and Itemised Accounts

• Drafting Notice of Objections

• Drafting submissions (costs)

• Advocacy both written and verbal

• Informal assessments (short form assessments)

 

Legal Experience Overview

 

With over twelve years’ in the legal industry including six years as a Legal Practitioner, Paul has experience in litigation in the Queensland and Federal Courts. His experience includes preparing formal and informal assessments of costs, Costs Statements, itemised bills and submissions, advocating for legal and lay clients in costs litigation within the rules of the Court (Federal and Queensland).

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With qualifications in Bachelor of Information Systems, Paul is adaptable in respect to the use of Electronic Information Management Systems (Electronic files)

 

 

Professional Qualifications

 

2014 Appointed to Queensland panel of Cost Assessors

2012 Solicitor - Supreme Court of Queensland

2012 Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice Queensland University of Technology

2011 Bachelor of Laws - Queensland University of Technology

2005 Bachelor of Business (Marketing) ACU National (Australian Catholic University)

2005 Bachelor of Information Systems ACU National (Australian Catholic University)

 

 

Professional History

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Contractor/ Court Appointed Costs Assessor Self Employed/ Contractor  |  February 2016 to date

Solicitor / Court Appointed Costs Assessor Hartwell’s Costs Lawyers / Hartwell Lawyers   |  Oct 2014 - February 2016

Solicitor I Costs Consultant Hartwell’s Costs Lawyers / Hartwell Lawyers  |   Mar 2012 - Oct 2014

Costs Consultant Hartwell’s Costs Lawyers / Hartwell Lawyers   |   Nov 2006 - Mar 2012

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