Family Group Newsletter: Summer 2021 Edition
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Thomas has a busy criminal and family law practice dealing with a variety of matters well beyond his year of call.
Thomas is a robust and confident advocate. He is committed to providing exceptional client care while delivering sensible, focused advice. He is particularly experienced in representing vulnerable clients with a variety of complex needs.
As a led junior, Thomas has just concluded a lengthy and complex public law case involving urgent applications to the High Court for medical declarations. Thomas has recently appeared in the Court of Appeal, successfully appealing a custodial sentence in a large drugs operation.
Before joining Chambers, Thomas worked in the Mid-West of the USA assisting a senior international attorney with complex cross-jurisdictional cases.
Outside court, Thomas helps to run the mini-pupillage scheme in Chambers and organises training seminars and conferences for instructing solicitors. Thomas is also a member of the Pupillage Committee.
Qualifications
CPS Panel Advocate – Level 2
Court appointed Qualified Legal Representative
Youth Court Registered
BPTC – VC – 2019
LLM – Distinction – 2019
LLB (Hons) – First Class – 2018
Memberships
Criminal Bar Association
Family Law Bar Association
Midland Circuit
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
Scholarships/Awards
The Middle Temple Anglo-American Scholarship 2019
Reported Cases
Re V and T (Placement application; disabled child) [2022] EWFC 125
Thomas represented parents with learning difficulties whose child has significant physical and developmental needs. The local authority’s application for a final care order and placement order was successfully resisted.
R v Donaldo Dyrma [2022] EWCA Crim 1481
Thomas successfully appealed sentence in the Court of Appeal. The Court quashed the sentence of 14 months’ custody and substituted it for 8 months’ custody.
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