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Thomas Bailey


Year of call: 2005

 

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Areas of Practice

Tom practices exclusively in civil law and specialises in two main areas, Civil, Commercial Law and Family Law. He regularly appears in the County Courts, the High Court and Employment Tribunals and also has experience of the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal.

Civil and Commercial

Tom conducts fast-track and multi-track trials across the spectrum of civil and commercial work, (as well as all types of interlocutory hearings). He has particular experience in Breach of Contact, Landlord and Tenant, Mortgages, Consumer Credit and Costs. Tom is instructed to draft all types of pleadings and to advise on an informal and formal basis and has a busy paperwork practice.

Tom regularly acts in individual and corporate insolvency matters, both in an advisory capacity and in litigation. Similarly he also represents individuals, companies and local authorities in the full range of employment law related cases.    

Family

Tom accepts instructions across the range of family law matters. He has a busy practice in financial matters including ancillary relief, Schedule 1 applications, cohabitation disputes and TOLATA 1996 applications. Tom is often instructed in cases involving complex company assets, overseas assets and trusts.

Education & Qualifications

2005             Called to the Bar – Middle Temple (Awarded Blackstone Scholarship)

2004 – 2005   BVC BBP School of Law, London

2001 – 2004   LLB (Hons) (Lond), Queen Mary College, University of London.

Professional Memberships

London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association

Family Law Bar Association

Bar Pro Bono Unit and Speakers for Schools Programme

Publications

Stemming the Rising Tide – New Law Journal, 13 February 2009: Examining the effectiveness of the (then) new Mortgage Possession Pre-Action Protocol

Tom has also provided a number of seminars to instructing solicitors on a variety of subjects including cohabitation disputes, discrimination and costs. He is happy to deliver bespoke seminars (with CPD) and should be contacted via his Clerks to discuss this further.

Interests

Italy and Italian food

Ipswich Town FC

Theatre and the Arts (having worked in theatre in a previous life)

The Countryside