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Mr Tom Stewart Coats
Position
Tom’s experience includes general commercial disputes (both litigation and arbitration), banking and financial services disputes, aviation, trusts and estates litigation, company and insolvency law, and public international law. Tom has a particular interest in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes, whether for companies, private clients or states, which involve multiple forums and different systems of law.
Tom appears in both court proceedings (in the UK and offshore) and in arbitration. He is happy to be instructed on his own or as part of a larger team. Tom has recently appeared unled against KCs in eight significant hearings in the English High Court and in the DIFC Courts.
Tom regularly appears in applications for urgent injunctive relief, including for pre and post-judgment freezing orders, proprietary injunctions, Norwich Pharmacal and Bankers Trust orders, and passport orders.
Prior to joining XXIV, Tom was an associate at a boutique law firm, Omnia Strategy LLP, where he specialised in arbitration (both investment treaty and commercial) and public international law.
Tom is registered to appear as an advocate before the DIFC Courts and has a busy practice before those courts. He has also recently acted or advised in relation to matters in Jersey, Guernsey, Bermuda, Gibraltar, the Isle of Man, Hong Kong, the onshore UAE courts, and in ICC, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA and ICSID arbitrations.
Career
Call: 2014
Memberships
Commercial Bar Association
Chancery Bar Association
LCIA Young International Arbitration Group
Young ICCA
Young ICSID
ICC Young Arbitrators Forum
Part II Registered Practitioner before the DIFC Courts
Education
BA Classics – Jesus College, Cambridge
GDL (Distinction, top 5 overall) – City University, London
BPTC (Outstanding) – City University, London
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Aviation
(Rising stars)Ranked: Tier 1Tom Stewart Coats – XXIV Old Buildings ‘A highly effective advocate, with an exceptional depth of experience and expertise in the aviation sector.’
‘A go-to set for aviation disputes,’ XXIV Old Buildings‘ barristers act for airlines and lessors on the spectrum of aviation issues, including leasing matters, fatal and hull damage incidents in addition to insolvency proceedings and cargo claims. Steven Thompson KC has a broad practice that encompasses maintenance disputes, sale and purchase and leasing disputes, while Edward Cumming KC specialises in aircraft maintenance cases, with further experience in aviation regulation. Bajul Shah acted for the Qatar Airlines in its dispute with Airbus concerning peeling paint of A350 aircraft, with the airline grounding several of the type and alleging that this constituted a safety issue, a claim which Airbus denied. He also handles insolvency matters and ownership disputes. Erin Hitchens was also instructed by Qatar Airlines in their dispute with Airbus and often appears in the Commercial Court regarding summary judgements and interim applications, with Tom Stewart Coats handling a growing commercial caseload in addition to acting for airlines facing EC261 claims.
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Tom Stewart Coats – XXIV Old Buildings ‘As reliable as he is talented, Tom is emerging as a powerful advocate and has a glittering future ahead.’