Tom has a broad range of experience acting on behalf of both the prosecution and defence. His clients include individuals and corporate entities with a focus on international criminal matters.
Tom is an extradition specialist. He accepts instructions on behalf of judicial authorities and requested persons and was formerly seconded to the CPS Extradition Unit. He is regularly instructed to appear at first instance and in the High Court. He is instructed across the full spectrum of extradition issues. Increasingly, his cases involve complex arguments relating to the validity of warrants, dual-criminality, re-trial rights, as well as extensive expert evidence in relation to human rights issues.
Tom’s domestic criminal law practice focuses on fraud and regulatory offences arising from commercial activity. He has acted in private prosecutions in relation to offences under the Insolvency Act 1986, Companies Act 2006 and Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.
Tom is also often instructed in advisory and review work. He is currently instructed as part of the counsel team to The Cranston Inquiry and has previously acted as Independent LPP Counsel and Disclosure Counsel in large fraud investigations conducted by the Serious Fraud Office and the National Crime Agency.
Tom is available to be instructed under the Direct Access Scheme.
Year of Call: 2018
Inner Temple BPTC Exhibition Award
BPP Advocacy Scholarship
Lord Justice Fulford Scholarship
3PB Prize for Best Performance in Criminal Law Exam
CPS Specialist Panel Advocate, Extradition (Grade 2)
CPS Panel Advocate, Extradition (Grade 2)
Publications:
‘The Lucy Letby Inquiry’ (2023) 8049 NLJ 9, co-author with Sailesh Mehta
Crypto Fraud: An Evolving Legal Landscape (2022) 172 NLJ 7978 p.19, co-author with Michael Goodwin QC and Simon Davison.
What Your Business Needs To Know About Crypto Fraud, 30 March 2022,TechRound, co-author with Michael Goodwin QC and Simon Davison.
Abuse of Process in Criminal Proceedings, 5th edn, Bloomsbury Press, author of ‘Procedural Considerations’ chapter and co-author of ‘Extradition’ chapter with Hugo Keith QC.
Health and Safety: a round up of health and safety law for defence lawyers, Red Lion Webinar, 17 June 2021, Speaker with Sailesh Mehta and Richard Beynon.
When Points Don’t Mean Prizes: disqualification and driving offences, Red Lion J6 Webinar Series, 27 May 2021, Speaker with Francesca Kirby.
Directors’ Liability and Disqualification, Red Lion Webinar, 22 July 2020, Researcher and assistant.
Give a little more law this Christmas: J5 review of the legal year, Red Lion J5 Lecture, 17 December 2019, Speaker with Faye Rolfe.
Assisted editing chapter 19 of Archbold 2020 for Riel Karmy-Jones KC
Assisted editing of the Encyclopaedia of Road Traffic Law for Hannah Willcocks
Inner Temple
Criminal Bar Association
South Eastern Circuit
Young Fraud Lawyers Association
Extradition Lawyers Association
Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum
Administrative Law Bar Association
BPTC, BPP Law School LLB (Hons), University of Southampton, First Class Honours