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Tom Fairclough
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Tom Fairclough
Ranked in 3 Practice Areas
2

Band 2

Travel: International Personal Injury

London (Bar)

2 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Product Liability

London (Bar)

2 Years Ranked

4

Band 4

Group Litigation

All Circuits

1 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Tom Fairclough

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Tom is a junior barrister with a broad civil/commercial practice. He is often instructed in some of the highest profile and most complex litigation in the country and acts for both Claimants and Defendants. Tom’s cases usually involve private international law and/or group litigation issues.

Tom’s current and recent led work includes acting in the BMW NOx Diesel Emissions Group Litigation/Pan-NOx Emissions Group Litigation, the Grenfell Tower Litigation, the Odey Litigation, and Limbu and ors v Dyson Technology Ltd and ors.

Tom’s current and recent unled work includes:

• Advising on an application to strike out a group claim with 10,000+ Claimants.

• Acting in a contested registration and enforcement of a Singaporean judgment involving alleged commercial fraud.

• Acting in a claim involving an alleged serious sexual assault in the Middle East.

• Advising in a matter relating to cosmetic surgery performed abroad alleged to have caused cancer.

• Acting in a claim involving a corroded hull that caused a vessel to sink in the EU.

Career

2020-present: Tenant at 2 Temple Gardens.

2019-20: Judicial Assistant at the UK Supreme Court/Privy Council.

2018-19: Pupillage at 2 Temple Gardens.

2015-18: Doctorate, University of Cambridge (examined by Lord Reed).

2015: Called to the Bar.

Professional Memberships

COMBAR, PIBA, PEOPIL

Publications

Expert contributor to Palmer, Moody, Crowley and van der Meer (eds) The Law of Property Damage (Bloomsbury 2023).

Articles/chapters in various journals and edited collections including the Cambridge Law Journal and Judicial Review.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Travel: International Personal Injury - London (Bar)

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial

Tom Fairclough has a strong practice handling claims arising from RTAs abroad. He has experience acting for defendant insurers as well as claimants, and is particularly strong handling post-Brexit issues of jurisdiction and retained law.

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Product Liability - London (Bar)

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial

Tom Fairclough is a highly regarded junior in product liability claims who regularly acts as sole counsel for his clients. He often features in complex high-profile matters and has experience representing both claimants and defendants.

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Group Litigation - All Circuits

4
Band 4
Individual Editorial

Tom Fairclough has a broad group litigation practice, which spans product liability, personal injury and human rights abuses. His wide experience makes him a highly regarded and sought-after junior on these cases.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Tom is very knowledgeable and presents his arguments clearly.

Travel: International Personal Injury respondent
UK Bar

I am impressed by Tom's speed of response and knowledge of relevant arguments.

Travel: International Personal Injury respondent
UK Bar

I'm always amazed by his level of expertise and technical knowledge on cross-border matters.

Travel: International Personal Injury respondent
UK Bar

Tom is very bright and very strategic.

Product Liability respondent
UK Bar

Tom Fairclough is good to work with and is all over the details.

Product Liability respondent
UK Bar

Tom is a superstar. He really does know what he's talking about, a seriously clever guy and a really hard worker - absolutely excellent.

Group Litigation respondent
UK Bar

Tom is fantastic, both with clients and on his feet in court, a brilliant advocate. Anybody who has seen him in action would be amazed how relatively junior he is, given his strategic thinking.

Group Litigation respondent
UK Bar

Tom was very good and I was impressed by his diligence, responsiveness, and his brain. He is a star in the making and certainly one to watch for this area of law.

Group Litigation respondent
UK Bar

Tom is incredibly bright, his judgement is spot-on, and he has an excellent manner with clients. He operates beyond his level of call and can be entrusted with the most complex and important cases.

Group Litigation respondent
UK Bar

Tom is an exceptional barrister, working far beyond his call. His expertise is evident in his meticulous preparation and his ability to anticipate and counter opposing arguments effectively.

Group Litigation respondent
UK Bar

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