Red Lion Chambers

Tom’s practice focuses on corporate and international criminal matters, and Public & Administrative law.

Tom is an Extradition specialist and accepts instructions on behalf of requested persons and judicial authorities. He is regularly instructed to appear in the High Court and at first instance extradition hearings. He is instructed across the full spectrum of extradition issues. His cases involve complex arguments relating to the validity of warrants, dual-criminality, re-trial rights, as well as extensive expert evidence in relation to foreign law and human rights issues. He also has experience concerning applications to certify a point of law of general public importance to the Supreme Court.

Tom’s domestic criminal law practice focuses on Fraud and Regulatory offences arising from commercial activity. He has acted in cases involving offences under the Insolvency Act 1986, Companies Act 2006 and Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

Tom has a growing Public & Administrative law practice. He has experience of dealing with challenges by way of Judicial Review linked to extradition proceedings. He also has knowledge and experience of all stages of a public inquiry, including questioning witnesses at oral hearings. He is currently part of the counsel team to the Cranston Inquiry.

Tom is also often instructed in advisory and review work. He has previously 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.

Year of Call: 2018

CPS Specialist Panel Advocate, Extradition (Grade 3)

CPS Panel Advocate (Grade 2)

SFO (C Panel)

Inner Temple BPTC Exhibition Award

BPP Advocacy Scholarship

Lord Justice Fulford Scholarship

3PB Prize for Best Performance in Criminal Law Exam

Publications:

‘The Lucy Letby Inquiry’ (2023) 8049 NLJ 9, co-author with Sailesh Mehta

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

Inner Temple

Criminal Bar Association

South Eastern Circuit

Young Fraud Lawyers Association

Extradition Lawyers Association

Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum

Administrative Law Bar Association

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