Position

Barrister specialising in public & regulatory, commercial litigation, EU & competition, telecommunications, civil liberties & human rights, employment, civil fraud, sport and public international law.  Full professional career details can be found at www.blackstonechambers.com.

Mentions

London Bar

Administrative law and human rights

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Tom Coates - Blackstone Chambers 'Tom is incredibly bright. He remains calm, even in highly pressurised situations, and consistently delivers high quality advice at pace.'

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Aviation and Travel

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Tom Coates – Blackstone Chambers ‘Tom is an immensely impressive junior. He is very responsive, very approachable and not afraid to muck in and get involved with the heavy lifting on cases.’

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Competition

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Tom Coates – Blackstone Chambers ‘A real rising star, Tom combines intellectual brilliance, crisp advocacy, and strategic and tactical awareness beyond his year of call. He has impeccable judgement in a way that is innate and manages to convey clear and short answers to the most difficult issues in the case.’

London Bar

Energy

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Tom Coates –Blackstone Chambers ‘The interface between commercial practices and some areas of regulation are not well understood in the energy sector, but Tom gets it and provides well-reasoned, pragmatic advice.’