Serle Court
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Thomas Elias
- Phone020 7242 6105
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.serlecourt.co.uk
Position
Thomas has a wide-ranging commercial chancery practice with particular expertise in company law, civil fraud, insolvency and intellectual property.
Notable recent matters include successfully appealing a finding of dishonesty in a three day appeal in the Court of Appeal (Floreat v Churchill [2023] EWCA Civ 440) (leading John Eldridge), successfully defending a claim to a property worth c. £8 million under s. 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (Lemos v Church Bay [2023] EWHC 2384 (Ch)) (leading Andrew Gurr), and appearing in the Court of Appeal in Marks & Spencer v Aldi Stores in a design right case relating to light-up snow globe gin liqueur bottles (led by Michael Edenborough KC). He also appeared as part of a team in two appeals to the Privy Council from The Bahamas.
Thomas is due to appear in a three week Commercial Court fraud trial in the summer of 2024.
Thomas is recognized in the Legal 500 as a leading practitioner in commercial litigation, company law, intellectual property and insolvency.
He is one of the editors of Minority Shareholders: Law, Practice and Procedure (Joffe et al, 7th edn, 2024) and a contributing editor of CITMA’s Contentious Trade Mark Registry Proceedings (2nd edn, 2023).
Career
Called 2008 (Inner Temple). Called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court 2013. Previous career as a clerk in the House of Lords.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR: IP Bar Association
Education
King’s College, Cambridge (1995 BA; 1999 MA; 2001 MPhil; 2001 PhD).
City University (2007 CPE distinction; 2008 BVC outstanding, top in year)
Leisure
People, music, food, wine.