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Brick Court Chambers Offices
7-8 ESSEX STREET
LONDON
WC2R 3LD
England
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Charlotte Thomas
Position
Charlotte has a broad practice which covers all areas of chambers’ work, including commercial, EU/competition and public law.
Career
Stagiaire, Shearman & Sterling LLP International Arbitration Group, Paris (2011); Teaching Fellow in Contract Law, University College London (2012-13); Visiting Tutor and Examiner in Contract Law (2012-13); Admissions interviewer, Balliol College, Oxford (2013) and Emmanuel College, Cambridge (2014-15); Pupillage at Brick Court Chambers (2013-14); Judicial Assistant to Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony and Lord Sumption, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (2014-15).
Languages
French; German; Spanish.
Memberships
BEG; ALBA; COMBAR; LCLCBA.
Education
Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, BA (Hons) in Law (2010): Double First; University Prizes in contract, criminal and constitutional law. Harvard Law School, LLM (2011): Dean’s Scholar; fully funded by Herchel Smith Scholarship; Writing Prize for conflict of laws; Fellow of the Project on the Foundations of Private Law. Lincoln College, University of Oxford, BCL (2012): Distinction; Eldon Scholarship (2013); Essex Court Scholarship; Peter Birks Prize for restitution of unjust enrichment. Kaplan Law School, BPTC (2013): Outstanding; Advocacy Scholarship; Queen Mother Scholarship and Harmsworth Entrance Exhibition from Middle Temple.
Leisure
Hiking; running; languages; theatre; music.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Competition
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Charlotte Thomas – Brick Court Chambers ‘Charlotte is smart and has a broad knowledge far beyond the remit of competition law cases.’
London Bar > Energy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Charlotte Thomas –Brick Court Chambers ‘Charlotte has the ability to be all over the factual details in a case at speed is very impressive, and she is willing to roll up her sleeves throughout both before and during trial.’
Brick Court Chambers ‘demonstrates remarkable depth and consistency, and is an intellectual powerhouse’. Members continue to be instructed in many of the most significant cases in the energy and natural resources sector, often crossing over with their other areas of expertise. Helen Davies KC and Charlotte Thomas are currently acting for Prysmian in respect of an application for CPO on behalf of all purchasers of electricity in UK in a cartel claim concerning the supply of high-voltage underground and submarine power cables used to connect on and offshore windfarms to the transmission system. New silk Richard Eschwege KC has a strong energy practice, with work spanning complex energy frauds and difficult questions of interpretation of oil and gas contracts.
London Bar > European Union law
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Charlotte Thomas – Brick Court Chambers ‘Charlotte is very thorough and carefully evaluates every argument and its merits.’
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Charlotte Thomas – Brick Court Chambers ‘She is outstandingly bright, an excellent lawyer, very hard working and a very positive presence on any team.’