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Tom Adam KC
Brick Court Chambers, London
- Phone020 7379 3550
Position
Tom Adam KC is well-known as a leading advocate and adviser in a broad range of significant and high value commercial work. Recent cases include acting for the successful claimant in a hard-fought two week arbitration between well-known oligarchs; bringing a £120m claim for Northern Rock against its former solicitors; a successful appeal (having not acted below) for the Candy brothers against a freezing order (Holyoake v Candy [2017] 2 All ER (Comm) 513); and defending a firm of solicitors accused of fraudulent conspiracy to procure false evidence (Accident Exchange v McLean & Others [2018] EWHC (Comm) 23).
Career
Year of Call: 1991
Year of Silk: 2008
Education
Trinity College, Cambridge; BA 1987 (Lizette Bentwich Prize).
Mentions
London Bar
Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
Leading silk4Tom Adam KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Tom is an engaging advocate.’
London Bar
Professional negligence
Leading silk1Tom Adam KC –Brick Court Chambers 'He is truly excellent. He has a great presence in court, which is founded on a thorough knowledge of the papers.'