Tom Corby
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 3 : Shipping & Commodities
Band 3
About
Provided by Tom Corby
Practice Areas
Tom has a varied commercial practice, with a focus on international arbitration, energy, insurance/reinsurance, banking and shipping. He has extensive experience of arbitrations under a variety of rules, both as sole counsel and led. This includes acting as sole English counsel in high-value international arbitrations, including a gas-price review arbitration in Munich, an arbitration in Panama City arising under a contract for the sale of oil, and a construction arbitration in Milan.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Tom Corby is a strong commercial barrister with noted proficiency in shipping disputes. He is called upon to represent clients in charter party disputes and shipbuilding and cargo claims, and is adept in handling arbitrations in many jurisdictions around the world.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Tom is a really brilliant junior. He's very user-friendly, into the details and sees issues from a unique angle."
"Tom is a very good senior junior. He is clever, quick-witted and a thoroughly decent human being."
"Tom is a really brilliant junior. He's very user-friendly, into the details and sees issues from a unique angle."
"Tom is a very good senior junior. He is clever, quick-witted and a thoroughly decent human being."