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Thomas Dance

Thomas Dance

Position

Tom’s financial relief practice encompasses matrimonial finance, Schedule 1 applications, cohabitation claims and claims under the Inheritance Act. His children law practice includes internal and external relocation, child arrangements disputes and international child abduction.

Career

Called 2012; Middle Temple.

Languages

French – conversationalDutch – poor

Memberships

Family Law Bar AssociationResolution (Associate Member)

Education

Radley College; University of Oxford (BA in Law); University College London (LLM in Jurisprudence); BPP Law School (BPTC).

Leisure

Tom is obsessed with ceramics and is a fanatical tennis player. Of a Sunday afternoon, he will either be on court imagining he is treading the soft turf of Wimbledon, or hunched over a pottery wheel. Other interests include guitar, piano and groundlessly asserting that he could have been a Michelin starred chef

Mentions

London Bar

Family: children and domestic abuse

Leading junior5
Thomas Dance  – 1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Thomas gives clear and direct advice to clients without legal jargon. He passionately fights his client's corner and considers options outside the box.’
London Bar

Family: divorce and financial remedy

Leading junior4
Thomas Dance – 1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Thomas is always meticulously prepared and has phenomenal attention to detail. Judges love his calm but forceful style of advocacy.’