| Year of birth | 1985 |
| Year of call | 2008 |
| Inn | Inner Temple |
| Qualifications |
2007 – 2008 BPP Law School, BVC (Very Competent) |
| Awards |
Inner Temple Exhibition and Philip Teichmann Award Winner |
| Full CV |
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Tom was invited to join Chambers in April 2010 following completion of an eighteen month pupillage.
Crime
Tom has developed a substantial criminal practice in the Magistrates’ Court and the Crown Court. Experience in the Magistrates’ Court and the Youth Court includes defending and prosecuting in a wide range of matters including offences of violence (s.47 assaults, common assaults, assaulting a police officer), dishonesty offences (knife-point robbery, theft) and Road Traffic Offences.
Tom has also prosecuted on behalf of the Department of Work and Pensions. He has been, and continues to be, instructed by the Serious Organised Crime Agency to train officers on all aspects of the trial process.
Tom has experience of a wide range of matters in the Crown Court and most recently acted in a large-scale football related violent disorder which resulted in the Crown offering no evidence against the defendant he represented. He is currently instructed in relation to numerous matters including drugs offences, firearms offences, dangerous driving, offences of violence, and dishonesty offences (knife-point robbery, theft, burglary).
Extradition
Tom advises and appears on behalf of defendants in extradition proceedings in the magistrates’ court and on appeal to the High Court. He is currently instructed in long-running hearings regarding a defendant at high risk of suicide and matters of significant legal complexity.
Notable Cases
| Case name | R v Gun and others (Op Bluesky) | Case name | R v Olawaye and others (Op Pauldings) |
| Appearance | Prosecution Junior to Treasury Counsel | Appearance | Defence Junior |
| Category | 10-handed human trafficking case | Category | Conspiracy to possess firearms |
| Detail | Largest case of its type ever to be investigated by the Metropolitan Police. UK end of a pan-European network with thousands of beneficiaries over 10 years. | Detail | Instructed by McCormacks in a long-running firearms conspiracy trial with ‘supergrass’ evidence called under SOCPA. |
| Case name | R v Figueredo | Case name | R v Ozdemir |
| Appearance | Prosecution (instructed alone) | Appearance | Prosecution Junior |
| Category | Corruption in public office | Category | Conspiracy to supply heroin |
| Detail | Instructed by CPS Special Casework to prosecute Home Office Higher Executive Officer fraudulently granting citizenship over a period of years. First in a series of similar trials. | Detail | 8-handed NCS investigation into a major Turkish heroin smuggling and distribution network. |