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Tom Adam KC

UK Bar 2026

Brick Court Chambers

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

21 years ranked

Professional Negligence

London (Bar)

21 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Tom Adam KC is well-known as an outstanding advocate in a broad range of heavy commercial work. He is a market leader in complex professional negligence/disciplinary matters, and is regularly instructed in matters involving leading City solicitors, the Big Four accountants and prominent members of the Bar. He has acted in many cases in the public eye including the phone hacking scandal; Takeover Panel proceedings; FSMA s90/90A claims; various film finance cases; and the Kuwaiti pension fund fraud litigation. He has extensive experience of dealing with regulatory bodies in high profile disciplinary matters and led the Counsel team acting for the FRC in relation to the auditing of Carillion plc.

“He is outstanding. I continue to think that he is the person I would least want to be against.”

“Tom is an incredibly powerful advocate … absolutely top-drawer.”

“Tom is absolutely outstanding. He is a really smart litigator and a very smart strategist.”

“… thinks through absolutely everything.”

“… a great leader and an outstanding advocate.”

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Professional Negligence - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Tom Adam KC typically advises on professional negligence matters relating to solicitors or barristers, insurance brokers and accountancy firms. He is known for the breadth of his commercial practice and wins praise for his ability to handle highly complicated cases.

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Strengths

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Tom Adam KC delivers analysis that is second to none and puts forward his analysis in a straightforward and comprehensible manner.
Professional NegligenceUK Bar
Tom is a very good commercial practitioner across the board.
Professional NegligenceUK Bar
Tom Adam KC has a very effective advocacy style. He appears very affable but has a knife under his cloak.
Professional NegligenceUK Bar
Tom takes a hands-on approach and is all over the details – he doesn't just delegate everything to juniors. He is a commercial thinker who is really good with clients and good fun to work with.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar
He is scary in his brilliance.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar
Tom is a terrific advocate with a wonderful turn of phrase. He has good judgement as to when to press and when a lighter moment is more appropriate in court.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar