Red Lion Chambers

Red Lion Chambers

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Tom Forster KC

Tom Forster KC

Red Lion Chambers, London

Position

Tom Forster KC has extensive experience in the fields of Business Crime & Fraud, Serious & Organised Crime, Public & Administrative Law, Civil Liberties & Human Rights, Health & Safety and Regulatory & Professional Discipline.

He brings his invaluable career experience of acting for all sides – claimants, defendants, and prosecuting authorities.

Career

Year of call: 1993

Inn: Inner Temple

Silk:2018

Member of SFO Panel of Silks including for POCA (2021)

CPS Extradition Panel (2017)

CPS Grade 4 Specialist Panels: Fraud, Confiscation/Asset Recovery, Organised Crime (2016)

SFO Panel (A List) (2013)

Recorder (2012)

A-G Panel Special Advocate (England and Wales) (2012)

Publications:

Archbold, 2022 and 2020, contributing editor

Fraud: Law, Practice and Procedure, OUP, contributing editor

Memberships

CBA

ARDL

ALBA

South Eastern Circuit

HSLA

Education

Merchant Taylors’ School London School of Economics LLB (2.1): 1998-91

Mentions

London Bar

Crime

Leading silk4
Tom Forster KC – Red Lion Chambers ‘Tom is a master strategist as well as courteous, charming, and very persuasive. Tactics and presentation win cases, and he excels in both. He is legally very astute and demonstrates impeccable judgement. His capacity for hard work is exceptional and his eye for detail is second to none. Tom is very classy and modest and has the most amazing brain. He is frighteningly intelligent.’
London Bar

Fraud: crime

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Tom Forster KC – Red Lion Chambers ‘Tom's advocacy is smooth and persuasive, and his knowledge of the law is incredibly impressive. He is an exceptional asset to chambers.'

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