Serle Court

Thomas is a trusts and estates specialist. He has extensive experience in high-value, complex trusts and estates matters with a cross-border dimension and has been involved in some of the most legally significant cases in these areas across the common law world. His practice covers the full range of contentious and non-contentious private client work in England and internationally, including trust administration applications, breach of trust claims, contentious probate, family provision, professional negligence and taxation issues affecting the administration of trusts and estates.  He has considerable experience in overseas jurisdictions, including Bermuda, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, the Bahamas, the Turks & Caicos Islands and the BVI.

Thomas has appeared as Counsel at every level of the court hierarchy in England and Wales from the High Court to the Supreme Court. He has also appeared twice before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and in courts in several offshore jurisdictions.  He is called to the Bar of Bermuda (ad hoc).

Thomas is the editor of the key practitioner works in trusts and estates, namely Lewin on Trusts, Theobald on Wills and Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks: Executors, Administrators and Probate.

Recommended as a Leading Junior in the latest Chambers UK Bar, Global and HNW directories for Chancery: Traditional, Trusts and Offshore, Thomas is described as “literally indispensable. A complete workhorse, he is really one of the team and rolls up his sleeves. He is incredibly bright and very diplomatic.”  He is also ranked in the Legal 500 UK Bar (Private Client: Trusts and Probate) and English Bar Offshore.

Thomas’s practice also covers the whole range of commercial and chancery work. He has been instructed in several heavy commercial disputes involving trusts or estates elements. He also has a growing practice in charities work, particularly related to the administration of charitable trusts and similar structures.

Year of Call: 2009.

Chancery Bar Association

COMBAR

MA Cantab (First Class)

LLM (Distinction), Queen Mary, University of London