Tom Davies > Red Lion Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

Tom Davies

Position

Tom has a broad range of experience as a junior barrister acting on behalf of both the prosecution and defence. His clients include individuals and corporate entities.

He is regularly instructed in cases of Fraud and has a particular interest in Financial Crime cases. Tom specialises in regulatory offences arising from commercial activity.

He has acted in private prosecutions in relation to offences under the Insolvency Act 1986, Companies Act 2006 and Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

Tom also practises Extradition law. He accepts instructions on behalf of judicial authorities and requested persons and was formerly seconded to the CPS Extradition Unit. He is regularly instructed to appear at first instance and has appeared in the High Court.

Additionally, Tom is often instructed in advisory and review work. He has acted as Independent LPP Counsel and Disclosure Counsel in large fraud investigations conducted by the Serious Fraud Office and the National Crime Agency.

Tom is available to be instructed under the Direct Access Scheme.

Career

Year of Call: 2018

Inner Temple BPTC Exhibition Award

BPP Advocacy Scholarship

Lord Justice Fulford Scholarship

3PB Prize for Best Performance in Criminal Law Exam

CPS Specialist Panel Advocate, Extradition (Grade 2)

CPS Panel Advocate (Grade 2)

Attorney General’s Civil ‘Junior Junior’ Panel

Publications:

Crypto Fraud: An Evolving Legal Landscape (2022) 172 NLJ 7978 p.19, co-author with Michael Goodwin QC and Simon Davison.

What Your Business Needs To Know About Crypto Fraud, 30 March 2022,TechRound, co-author with Michael Goodwin QC and Simon Davison.

Abuse of Process in Criminal Proceedings, 5th edn, Bloomsbury Press, author of ‘Procedural Considerations’ chapter and co-author of ‘Extradition’ chapter with Hugo Keith QC.

Health and Safety: a round up of health and safety law for defence lawyers, Red Lion Webinar, 17 June 2021, Speaker with Sailesh Mehta and Richard Beynon.

When Points Don’t Mean Prizes: disqualification and driving offences, Red Lion J6 Webinar Series, 27 May 2021, Speaker with Francesca Kirby.

Directors’ Liability and Disqualification, Red Lion Webinar, 22 July 2020, Researcher and assistant.

Give a little more law this Christmas: J5 review of the legal year, Red Lion J5 Lecture, 17 December 2019, Speaker with Faye Rolfe.

Assisted editing chapter 19 of Archbold 2020 for Riel Karmy-Jones KC

Assisted editing of the Encyclopaedia of Road Traffic Law for Hannah Willcocks

Memberships

Inner Temple

Criminal Bar Association

South Eastern Circuit

Young Fraud Lawyers Association

Extradition Lawyers Association

Administrative Law Bar Association

Education

BPTC, BPP Law School
LLB (Hons), University of Southampton, First Class Honours