Work Department

Court of Protection

Position

Thomas is a busy common law practitioner who appears in court on a daily basis across the full range of Chambers’ practice areas. The breadth of his practice has made him an adaptable and comfortable advocate. Thomas is ranked as a ‘Rising Star: Tier 1’ in the Legal 500.

He graduated first place on the Law and French programme at Cardiff University, was awarded the top first in the year for his undergraduate dissertation and won the university mooting competition. He studied for the BPTC at City Law School, for which he was awarded four awards. Prior to joining Chambers, he worked as a stagiaire at the European Court of Justice and as a research assistant at the Law Commission of England and Wales.

He has an entirely paperless practice and has experience of conducting court hearings and conferences remotely.

Outside of work, Thomas is learning Welsh and is a Trustee of the Lord Edmund Davies Legal Education Trust, a social mobility charity which encourages students from disadvantaged backgrounds to aspire to legal careers.

Education

LLB Law and French (Cardiff University);

LLM European Law (College of Europe);

BPTC (City Law School - Lord Justice Holker Scholarship, Norman Tapp Memorial Prize, Peter Bristow Scholarship).

Mentions

London Bar

Court of Protection and community care

LEADING JUNIORS5

Thomas Jones – Deka Chambers 'Thomas is extremely bright, hard-working, personable and practical in his approach to cases. He is well ahead of his year of call.'