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Provided by Thomas Plewman SC KC
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Thomas Plewman is a silk in both England and South Africa, practising full-time in London since 2010. He is first and foremost a trial advocate, with a heavy commercial practice across a wide front, including leading cases in commercial fraud, financial services and auditors’ professional negligence. Thomas acts widely in financial and accountancy cases, having a first degree in accountancy and economics, and has for 20 years acted in audit negligence cases. Current finance and fraud cases include the Ukrainian Bank fraud claims in PJSC Privatbank v Kolomoisky and others; the internet hacking claims in Azima v RAKIA, Dechert and others; and the Ugandan Bank fraud claims in Crane Bank Limited v DFCU Bank Limited and others. On the professional negligence side, Thomas recently defended Deloitte in the FRC proceedings relating to the audit of Autonomy plc, and currently leads Ernst & Young’s defence of the multi-billion dollar claims arising out of the collapse of NMC plc. Recent and ongoing insurance cases include the multi-case litigation of Covid 19 business interruption insurance claims in South Africa and their reinsurance. He is also acting on a number of commercial international arbitrations.
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