Paul Hampson, CEL Solicitors’ Director, is an entrepreneur specialising in business growth. With over 20 years’ experience, Paul previously founded one of the UK’s fastest growing law firms, which featured in the London Stock Exchange’s Top 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain.
Working alongside his wife, Jessica Hampson, Paul has helped spearhead the growth of CEL Solicitors, which is now the UK’s number one consumer law firm employing over 150 people
Paul is experienced in setting up and scaling fast growth law firms.
Originally specialising in personal injury claims, Paul previously founded Hampson Hughes Solicitors, which helped over 110,000 clients recover compensation during Paul’s tenure.
Since jointly founding CEL Solicitors, the business has seen significant year-on-year growth, with revenues now totalling £14.3 million, an increase of £8.9 million (up 264%) on last year. Regularly quoted in the media, Paul was recently interviewed on BBC Crime Files and Talk TV’s Nick De Bois show discussing the rise in scams and how people can protect themselves.
Paul is an innovator who is committed to offering solutions to problems facing consumers. The first to market, CEL Solicitors specialises in helping people who’ve lost money to scammers.
Recovering over £70 million so far, Paul has been instrumental in helping thousands of people get their money back. Paul does not just enter traditional legal markets, instead looking for brand new areas where CEL Solicitors can have the greatest impact.
Whether it is taking on the banks, insurers or energy companies, Paul is committed to standing up for vulnerable people against large commercial organisations.
Paul has disrupted the legal industry with his commercial and dynamic approach to marketing legal services.
Continually re-investing in the business, CEL Solicitors has invested millions of pounds in the brand, advertising nationally across TV, radio, print, out of home and digital. The firm currently receives over 1,000 enquiries per week across a range of service areas including fraud and scam claims, life and critical illness insurance appeals, energy disputes, commercial litigation, professional negligence, personal injury, housing disrepair and more.
Paul is currently leading the company’s drive to adopt artificial intelligence throughout all aspects of the firm’s processes.
Paul knows a law firm is only as good as its people and was proud to achieve the Investors in People accreditation who commended the firm for its high standards.
This commitment to legal excellence has not only seen CEL Solicitors achieve Lexcel, the Law Society’s kitemark for excellence in practice management, but it has also contributed to CEL Solicitors becoming one of the UK’s most trusted law firms. Rated ‘Excellent’ on TrustPilot, CEL Solicitors has received over six thousand 5* reviews for its exceptional service.
Married to Jessica Hampson the phrase, ‘happy wife, happy life’ is certainly true, but Paul also shares Jessica’s vision that happy staff make for happy clients.
There is a strong desire to be the best when it comes to civil litigation and financial complaints. When not managing lawyers, Paul has been known to teach diving in Thailand and DJ in Ibiza, but since starting a family he can mostly be found at home with his daughters.
He has helped raise over £1m for charities throughout his career including Cauldwell Children and Alder Hey Children’s hospital and has cycled across Cuba, Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Great Wall of China for charity. Paul was invited to Number 10 Downing Street in recognition of his charity work.
