Tom Pascoe

Practice Areas

Tom is a barrister at Brick Court Chambers who specialises in commercial, fraud and competition litigation and arbitration. He has been described as “sharp as a tack” and “in high demand for a reason”. He is routinely instructed, both in his own right and sometimes led by senior silks, in most significant cases in his areas of expertise. For example he recently appeared in what has been described as the “world’s largest lawsuit”, in which he persuaded the English Commercial Court to set aside an US$11 billion arbitration award that had been procured through a deep-seated network of corruption in Nigeria. Many of his commercial cases involve allegations of fraud and corruption. Tom’s competition practice includes group actions, private damages claims and regulatory appeals. He has recently appeared in major cases involving the pharmaceuticals, banking, aviation and ‘big tech’ sectors, as well as a number of high profile cases concerning sports such as football and Formula 1.

Tom has a background in public law, having appeared before the Supreme Court in the well-known Miller case concerning the government’s decision to trigger the process for exiting the EU. He is happy to accept pro bono instructions in public law and human rights cases, and has particular experience of pro bono cases concerning refugee law.