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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).

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.

Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR: IP Bar Association

King’s College, Cambridge (1995 BA; 1999 MA; 2001 MPhil; 2001 PhD).

City University (2007 CPE distinction; 2008 BVC outstanding, top in year)

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