Tom is a pragmatic lawyer who enjoys the technicalities of litigation whilst maintaining a focus on achieving the best commercial outcome for clients.
Tom joined Stevens & Bolton in 2025, having trained in the City before spending six years in the commercial litigation team at a large regional law firm. Tom has worked with private and listed companies across a range of sectors, as well as high net worth individuals, advising on matters including commercial contract disputes, shareholder disputes and professional negligence disputes. Tom also has experience advising individuals and FCA regulated organisations on navigating issues such as adviser exits, and complaints made via the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Capable and responsive, Tom is skilled at formulating strategies to enable parties to resolve their disputes at the earliest possible stage, anticipating factors such as litigation risk, cost-benefit and clients’ commercial objectives.
Recent highlights include:
- Advising a major legal expenses insurer in High Court proceedings relating to a coverage dispute worth approximately £2m
- Securing a pre-action resolution for an investment management firm party to a professional negligence claim for approximately £1m
- Acting for the petitioner in unfair prejudice proceedings brought under s.994 of the Companies Act in relation to the shareholding in a company running a public attraction