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Tom Payne KC
Position
Tom Payne specialises in Business Crime & Fraud (particularly cases of financial crime involving complex issues of taxation, accountancy and money laundering) and complex general Crime. He is routinely instructed in cases of unusual complexity or sensitivity (e.g. EncroChat, Hillsborough), and his career has included a number of legal firsts:
the first paperless criminal trials in England and Wales using EPE and iPad jury bundles in a series of highly complex tax frauds;
the first prosecutions for the cartel offence;
the first prosecution arising from the Victims Right of Review scheme; and
the first prosecution for offences under s2(16) CJA 1988.
He is regularly instructed in major cases by the CPS, FRC, and SFO.
Career
Called Middle Temple: 1998
Recorder (2012)
CPS Specialist Panel Advocate (Fraud, Organised Crime and Proceeds of Crime) (Grade 4) (2012)
SFO Panel Advocate (A list) (2012)
Publications:
Archbold, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023, Sweet & Maxwell, contributing editor
Crown Court Index, Sweet & Maxwell, 2022
Crown Court Index, Sweet & Maxwell, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, with M. Lucraft
Millington and Sutherland Williams: The Proceeds of Crime, 5th edition, OUP, 2018, contributing author
Memberships
Elected member of Bar Council since 2015
Bar Council Remuneration Committee
Member of CBA Executive
Former CBA Treasurer
Education
MA Jurisprudence, Trinity College, University of Oxford
LLM, Birmingham University
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Fraud: crime
(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Red Lion Chambers is widely regarded as ‘one of the pre-eminent fraud sets with advocates specialising in both prosecution and defence work’. Michael Goodwin KC is sought after for his expertise in handling large-scale serious fraud cases, and David Walbank KC is well known for his extensive experience in white-collar defence matters. Among the juniors, Jack Talbot is well versed in defending and prosecuting corporate entities in a wide range of fraud matters, including longrunning, multimillion-pound money laundering cases. Tom Payne KC was appointed to silk in March 2024.
London Bar > Crime
(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Tom Payne KC – Red Lion Chambers ‘Tom is sensible and decent. His attention to detail is second to none, he has good judgement and is a likeable and impressive advocate.’