UK Bar
Practice Areas
Thomas is the youngest editor of Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law and has extensive experience in the Court of Appeal, High Court, County Courts, Employment Appeal Tribunal and Employment Tribunals (in England, Wales and Scotland). In the past year he has appeared three times in the Court of Appeal, including in the test case of De Souza v Vinci Construction (UK) Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 879 in which Gross LJ commented "First, I would pay tribute to the logical and cogent argument advanced by Mr Cordrey". Thomas featured in The Lawyer with reference to some of the twenty plus appearances he has made at the EAT, a number of which have been before the current and past Presidents of the EAT. Thomas is experienced in High Court litigation, including two, reported, multi-day trials in the past twelve months.
Career
Called 2006; Lincoln's Inn Tancred Studentship and Hardwicke Scholarship.
Professional Memberships
ELBA, ELA, COMBAR, PNBA, PIBA.
Publications
Contributing author, Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law (LexisNexis).
Personal
Thomas is a member of the Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship whose motto is taken from Micah 6:8: “Seek justice, love mercy, walk humbly with God”.