Chambers of Howard Stevens KC

Tom Poole KC has a wide-ranging practice, specialising in international and domestic litigation and arbitration involving civil fraud, emplolyment, insurance, insolvency and contractual and commercial cases across the board.

Tom also has significant appellate advocacy experience in constitutional and public law cases, particularly in the Privy Council, in which he has many reported cases.

Tom is rated by The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners as a leading silk in: Commercial Dispute Resolution, Civil Fraud, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Employment, Insolvency and Offshore.

Tom has particular experience of heavy High Court trial work, having acted in several lengthy commercial chancery trials, and has considerable experience of working with and leading large teams of solicitors, foreign lawyers and experts.

Much of Tom’s work has an international element, with clients from jurisdictions including the Caribbean, Gibraltar, Cyprus and Russia / CIS. As such, he has significant experience of conflicts of laws and offshore issues arising out of multi-jurisdictional claims.

Before taking silk, Tom was a member of the Attorney-General’s “A” Panel for civil counsel and in that capacity acted in some of the Government’s most high-profile and complex cases.

Tom is one of the Lead Counsel to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.