Tom welcomes instructions in all of Chambers’ core practice areas, with specialisms in personal injury, employment and consumer credit work. Tom appears regularly in courts and tribunals and has a thriving advisory practice.
Tom has appeared in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal (led by other counsel), and in the High Court (as sole counsel). Key cases include:
Tom was previously a solicitor at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. He spent four years after qualification as an associate in the employment, pensions and employee benefits team.
In 2019-20, Tom was the judicial assistant to Lord Wilson and Lord Burrows at the Supreme Court.
Tom prides himself on his persuasive advocacy, clear drafting style, exceptional diligence and ability to research complex points of law in service of his clients.
Tom is developing a busy personal injury practice.
He has recently worked on the following matters as a junior to Robert Weir KC:
Tom has appeared in numerous fast-track trials in RTAs, employers’ liability and occupiers’ liability claims, representing both claimants and defendants. Tom is also adept at representing clients in CCMCs. In March 2024 Tom succeeded in resisting a defendant’s application for security for costs, made on the basis of alleged fundamental dishonesty, in a multi-track case where qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) applied.
Tom is a member of the Personal Injuries Bar Association (PIBA).
Tom welcomes instructions on behalf of employees and employers.
Tom has appeared as sole counsel for a former employee in the High Court in proceedings regarding the enforceability of a restrictive covenant. Tom regularly appears on his own in multi-day employment tribunal hearings in unfair dismissal and discrimination claims, as well as appearing in preliminary hearings across the full range of employment law. He also advises in all areas of employment law. He has conducted his own internal employment investigations.
Recent highlights include:
As a solicitor Tom advised clients on a range of issues, from employment status to the National Minimum Wage to TUPE transfers. He undertook secondments to the in-house legal teams of Novartis AG in Basel (in 2015) and Uber in London (in 2017-18), where he assisted with large international transactions and day-to-day employment issues.
During his time at the Supreme Court, Tom assisted Lord Wilson on the leading cases of Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti [2019] UKSC 55 (concerning whistleblowing dismissal) and Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake [2021] UKSC 8 (concerning the National Minimum Wage).
Tom is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) and the Employment Law Bar Association (ELBA).
Tom represents consumers in claims arising from the non-disclosure of commission on payment protection insurance policies and on personal contract purchase (PCP) car finance arrangements. He is familiar with the relevant FCA rules and the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
Tom is developing extensive appellate experience in this area:
Tom welcomes instructions in all areas of commercial litigation.
Recent highlights include:
Tom welcomes instructions on behalf of both taxpayers and the Revenue.
Recent matters include:
BA Classics: Brasenose College, Oxford – Double First
GDL: BPP Law School, London – Distinction
LPC: BPP Law School, London – Distinction
BCL: St Cross College, Oxford – Distinction
APIL, ELA, ELBA, PIBA, COMBAR,