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Personal Injury Lawyer

Paul Sayer

Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Insolvency and Estates

paulsayer@qldlawgroup.com.au

Paul holds degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Queensland and has practised as a solicitor since 1972.

To his position as consultant at Qld Law Group, Paul brings many years’ experience in the field of litigation. He also has a particular interest in insolvency and in the administration of deceased estates.

Paul was a member of the Queensland Law Society’s Insolvency Committee and the Brisbane chapter of the Insolvency and Reconstruction Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia from 1994-2024. He has been a member of the Supreme Court Library Committee’s Collection Sub-Committee since 1994 and was a member Supreme Court History Program Sub-Committee from 2002 to 2017.

Outside the practice of law, Paul was Treasurer of the Brisbane History Group from its formation in 1981 to 1998 and from 2000 to 2017. He was President from 1997 to 1999 and from 2018 to 2020, and remains a member of the management committee. He has contributed to several collections of the Brisbane History Group’s papers and to three collections of papers published by the Supreme Court Library: Sir Samuel Griffith: The Law and the Constitution (2002), Justice According to Law: A Festschrift for the Honourable Mr Justice B H McPherson CBE (2006) and The Idea of Legal History: A Tribute in Honour of Dr Michael White QC (2014).

He was made an honorary member of the Queensland Law Society in 2023 in recognition of his 50 years’ membership. He is an honorary life member of the Gregory Terrace Old Boys’ Association and the Brisbane History Group as well as the Serenata Singers of which he was a member from its formation in 1970 to 1992, and has been its patron since 1993.

Despite the grey hair, Paul is adamant that there is no truth in the rumour that he was actually present at some of the historical events that he writes about.

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