Paula Kelly

Paula joined Chambers in October 2024 following successful completion of her pupillage, during which she was supervised by Shahram Sharghy and Rachel Marcus, David Mankell KC, Leanne Woods and Justin Levinson.

She is building experience in all areas of Chambers’ expertise and has appeared in the County Court, the Magistrates’ Court and High Court.

Prior to joining Chambers, Paula was a Judicial Assistant in the King’s Bench Division assisting High Court judges with legal research and judgment writing in actions against the police, media and information law, civil fraud, and clinical negligence. She assisted on several significant cases, including FGX v Gaunt [2023] EWHC 419 (KB) and CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWHC 19 (KB).

She was a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard Law School between 2021 and 2022. Alongside her academic studies, she volunteered as a student attorney and represented defendants accused of criminal misdemeanors and an individual serving a sentence for second-degree murder in his parole proceedings.

Before being called to the Bar, Paula spent several years as a Parliamentary Adviser in the Northern Ireland Assembly and House of Commons, including to the Official Opposition’s shadow ministerial team for Exiting the European Union.