Commercial Law Barrister
Qualified in 1991

Paul Dipré is an accomplished advocate with 30 years' experience specialising in company, commercial, insolvency, and bankruptcy matters.

Paul has a substantial and long-standing commercial practice, appearing regularly in contentious and high-value claims in the County Court and High Court on behalf of both professional and private clients. He is frequently instructed at an early stage to advise clients and to draft pleadings. He is content to advise either in conference or in writing on the merits of potential claims and the best strategy to adopt in the ongoing management of litigation.

Sensitive to the cost implications of litigious proceedings, Paul will seek resolution by negotiation where appropriate but can also be relied upon to provide sound tactical support when a fight is necessary. He is accomplished and experienced on his feet in court, capable of striking a balance between robust advocacy and persuasive negotiation subject to the approach demanded by the circumstances in a case.

Insolvency

Paul advises and represents clients in all aspects of insolvency and bankruptcy law, whether that be applications being made within insolvency proceedings or other matters such as:

Applications for administration orders
Applications

Paul Dipré is an accomplished advocate with over 30 years' experience specialising in family law, financial remedies and contested non-molestation and occupation order applications.

A fluent Italian speaker, Paul has previously worked in-house for law firms in both Italy and England and brings with him a wealth of knowledge gained in a wide range of cases. Paul is on the committee of the British Italian Law Association and has spoken on English law issues in Italy on a number of occasions, as well as assisting the author of an Italian language book on the English system of civil courts.

Paul’s main area of practice is in this field and his expertise covers financial remedies on divorce or dissolution, cohabitation/co-owner disputes under TOLATA and financial provision for children under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. Paul has been instructed to advise and represent many high net-worth clients throughout the course of his career at the Bar. Most of his cases feature at least one of the following factors:

Family businesses
Inherited wealth
Trusts of Land (TOLATA)
Family trusts
Overseas assets (business and property)
Intervening third party interests
Mainenance
Variation applications
Enforcement
Non-compliance with disclosure
Family law – Children

Paul Dipré is an accomplished advocate with 30 years' experience specialising in family law and property and chancery disputes, including TOLATA, family business disputes, and inheritance matters.

Paul is an experienced and enthusiastic property law barrister with expertise in a range of areas. While the core of his practice lies in real property, Paul applies his expertise to all aspects of property law. His property practice covers:

Real Property: all types of constructive and resulting trusts, proprietary estoppel claims, easements, rights of way, boundaries, adverse possession
Commercial leases: including termination and renewal, break clauses, service charge disputes, rent and rent review, disrepair and dilapidations claims
Family Finance & Property

This is Paul's main area of practice. His expertise covers financial remedies on divorce or dissolution, cohabitation/co-owner disputes under TOLATA and financial provision for children under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. Paul has been instructed to advise and represent many high net worth clients throughout his career at the bar. Most of his cases feature at least one of the following factors:

Family businesses
Inherited wealth
Trusts of Land
Family trusts
Overseas assets (business and property)
Intervening third-party interests
Variation applications
Enforcement
Non-compliance with disclosure