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 Manknell KC, Leanne Woods and Justin Levinson.

She is building experience in all areas of Chambers’ expertise. In her first year of practice, she has appeared in the Supreme Court, the High Court, as well as the Coroner’s Court, the County Court and the Magistrates’ Court.

Prior to joining Chambers, Paula was a Judicial Assistant in the King’s Bench Division assisting High Court judges. She attended the hearings and assisted with research and drafting in cases including:

• CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWHC 19 (KB)
• FGX v Gaunt [2023] EWHC 419 (KB)
• WFZ v The BBC [2023] EWHC 1618 (KB)
• Afriyie v The Commissioner of Police for the City of London [2023] EWHC 1632 (KB)
• Hamilton v Barrow & Ors [2023] EWHC 1743 (KB)
• Haque v Faradhi & Ors [2023] EWHC 1135 (KB)
• Craft Development SCI v Actis LLP & Ors [2024] EWHC 484 (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.