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Owain Thomas KC KC
Position
Owain Thomas KC has a broad practice with an emphasis on the areas of medical law, professional discipline, public law (in particular relating to healthcare) and taxation.
He has wide experience acting for both Claimants and Defendants (NHS and MoD) in clinical negligence, particularly high value claims resulting from birth injury or other catastrophic injuries. He has experience of a wide variety public law challenges against Mental Health Trusts in the Administrative Court and emergency injunctions and best interests cases in the Family Division. He regularly appears for public authorities (hospitals, mental health Trusts and prisons) in complex inquests.
Owain has considerable experience in all areas of professional regulation and regularly appears on behalf of doctors, dentists and other professionals before the GMC, GDC etc.
He has appeared in hundreds of indirect tax cases in the domestic courts (in the Tribunal, the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court) and the European Court of Justice. His experience includes advisory work as well as advocacy in all areas of indirect taxation. He appears for HMRC and taxpayers.
He also has particular experience in the field of customs duties, goods classification, anti-dumping duty and landfill tax.
He undertakes a wide range of public law challenges particularly in the field of healthcare, criminal injuries and tax litigation.
Career
Call: 1995; KC: 2016; Inner Temple.
Junior Counsel to the Crown (C Panel) 2001 – 03; B Panel 2003 to 2008; A Panel 2008 to date. Publications: Chapter 14 clinical negligence in ‘Professional Neligence and Liability.’ (Looseleaf LLP 2000); Contributor to ‘An Introduction to Human Rights and the Common Law’ (Ed Havers and English)(Hart Publishing 2000); Contributor to Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law (2nd Edition). Lectures: ‘The Impact of the ECHR on the Common Law’; ‘Expert Evidence in Surveyors’ and Solicitors’ Negligence’: ‘The Impact of the New Civil Rules on Interlocutory Proceedings’; ‘The Human Rights Act and the Right to Physical Integrity’; The Human Rights Act and the Financial Services Industry’; presents BPP Professional Skills Human Rights Course.
Languages
French, Welsh.
Memberships
Professional Negligence Bar Association; Personal Injury Bar Association; Administrative Law Bar Association.
Education
Penyrheol Comprehensive School; Gorseinon College; University College, Oxford (BA Hons; BCL 1st).
Leisure
Theatre, opera, music, tennis.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Tax: VAT and excise
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Owain Thomas KC – 1 Crown Office Row ‘Owain provides perceptive legal analysis but then turns it into practical advice which gives clients a clear view of options and potential outcomes.’
1 Crown Office Row‘s tax offering is bolstered by the set’s strength in public and administrative law, with ‘a good range of senior and junior counsel’. Owain Thomas KC is experienced in the Supreme Court and Court of Justice of the European Union, and covers the full range of indirect tax matters. Sarabjit Singh KC acts for both the taxpayer and HMRC in a range of judicial reviews and appeals. Natasha Barnes is a member of the Attorney General’s A Panel, and appeared for HMRC in Dawson’s (Wales) Ltd v HMRC, an excise duty matter heard before the Court of Appeal. Edward Waldegrave, who joined from Pump Court Tax Chambers in 2023, covers a range of high-value instructions, including appearing for HMRC in ThyssenKrupp Materials (UK) Ltd v HMRC, a matter concerning the availability of inward processing relief from customs duty and import VAT which was heard before the Upper Tribunal. Isabel McArdle has a specialism in the land exemption to VAT, and is highly active for HMRC.
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Owain Thomas KC – 1 Crown Office Row ‘His attention to detail is incredible, and he has great tactical acumen.’