Paul Im Thurn

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Admitted as a  solicitor in 1990 and called to the Bar in 2012. Paul brings 20 years of experience in landlord & tenant, property and public law, to enrich his now predominantly family law practice.

Paul read law at Worcester College, Oxford, and spent five years as a solicitor in a large city firm before devoting 20 years to welfare law in law centres

Paul lives in Cumbria with his wife and three children.

Paul is a member of:

• The Family Law Bar Association
• The Court of Protection Practitioners Group
• Child Concern

Client Recommendations:
"Thanks once again to Paul Im Thurn, I greatly appreciated your efficient and careful handling of our instructions and the full and prompt report you provided following the hearing." - Philip Walsh, Partner at Clifford Johnston & Co.

Reported Cases

Housing & Commercial Property:

• SS v Copeland Borough Council (HB) (Housing and council tax benefits: recovery of overpayments) [2016] UKUT 115 (AAC) (29 February 2016) BAILI REPORT

Inquests and Inquiries:

• Allan Wallace (2016) : Death of care home resident suffering with dementia died 3 weeks after a fight with another resident wearing steel-toe boots. Press coverage

Professional Memberships & Publications

Paul is a member of:

• The Family Law Bar Association
• The Court of Protection Practitioners Group
• Child Concern