Thomas Evans

Thomas has a broad commercial practice and is ranked in Tier 1 for Group Litigation (Legal 500) and in Band 3 for Product Liability (Chambers UK).

Thomas’ recent cases include The VW NOx Emissions Group Litigation, in which he was instructed on behalf of Volkswagen, and the high-profile commercial dispute concerning the A350 aircraft Qatar Airways v Airbus, in which he was instructed on behalf of Qatar Airways.

Thomas has also recently acted in a long running case arising out of fires in a range of agricultural machinery, and has recently advised in multi-million-pound factory fire, vehicle fire and construction cases.  He is co-authoring the latest edition of Hodges on Multi-party Actions.

Allied to this, Thomas has a particular depth of experience in consumer protection matters arising out of the Consumer Credit Act 1974, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (both regulatory and contentious). He has contributed to the Journal of International banking and Finance Law.

MA (Oxon), Christ Church Oxford