Tom Cross

Practice Areas

Tom Cross practices in the areas of administrative & public, constitutional, human rights, education, professional discipline and regulation, sport, data protection and media, EU relations law, local government, employment, and commercial law. He appears in courts and tribunals at all levels up to the Supreme Court, acting for all parties. Recent instructions include acting in the lockdown (Dolan), Article 50 (Miller) and ‘Black Cab Rapist’ (Radford) judicial reviews, the claim by Sir Philip Rutnam against the Home Secretary, and the proceedings deciding whether Deliveroo Riders had employment protection. His private and public sector clients range from major companies to private individuals, governments, and regulatory bodies. He is appointed Panel Counsel to the Crown (A Panel). He is co-author of a range of textbooks including: Education and the Courts (LexisNexis: forthcoming); Judicial Review, Supperstone, Walker and Goudie (Butterworths: 2019); The Protections for Religious Rights (OUP: 2013); and The Law of Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions (OUP: 2011). He was educated at The Queen’s College, Oxford University where he gained a Double First Class degree in Modern Languages. He studied law at City University, London.