BIOGRAPHY

Paul Webster, KC, was born in Jamaica. He received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the West Indies, Barbados, West Indies, in 1978 and a Legal Education Certificate from the Norman Manley Law School, Kingston, Jamaica, in 1980.

Paul was admitted to practise in the British Virgin Islands in 1980 and worked in the Chambers of the late McWelling Todman, KC, until 1990, when he established the firm of O’Neal Webster. He initially worked mainly in civil litigation, and as the firm’s practice developed, the bulk of his work was in commercial litigation with a concentration on company law, corporate insolvency, and cross-border commercial disputes.

He has made numerous appearances in the courts of the Eastern Caribbean at all levels up to the Privy Council. In March 2003, he was appointed one of His Majesty’s Counsel.

Between 2001 and 2015, Paul held several temporary appointments as a judge of the High Court and the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.

Paul served as a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court [Ag.] from 2015 to 2023 and as a judge of the Commercial Court, BVI, from January to August 2024.

Paul re-joined O’Neal Webster on February 1, 2025, as a legal consultant.

In September 2019, Paul was appointed to co-chair the Rules Revision Committee. The Committee’s work resulted in the passage of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Procedure Rules (Revised Edition) 2023 on July 31, 2023 (EC CPR 2023).

Paul is a two-term past president of the BVI Bar Association; past chairman of the BVI Social Security Board; past chairman and current member of the BVI Insolvency Committee; past member of the International Insolvency Institute and INSOL; and a past member of several boards of NGO’s in the BVI.