TOM CROSS

Tom is one of the leading junior barristers in the UK.

He was the Legal 500’s Public Law Junior of the Year 2018 and Chambers and Partners’ Employment Law Junior of the Year 2019. In 2022, he was nominated UK Public Law Junior of the Year by the Legal 500 and is nominated once more in 2023.

He is recognised particularly for his work in Administrative & Public Law, Civil Liberties & Human Rights law, Education law, Professional Discipline law, Employment law, Media law, Environmental law, and Sports law.

Some of his more recent cases include Lucy Letby’s judicial review of her legal aid; the court challenge to the Covid lockdown; the dispute about Manchester United’s away supporter allowance at Stamford Bridge; advising on the ‘Partygate’ inquiry; the challenge to the Census 2021 guidance; Charlie Hughes’ battle for medicinal cannabis on the NHS; the challenge to Bermuda’s prohibition of same-sex marriage; the Employment Tribunal claim against Priti Patel when Home Secretary; the claim by Deliveroo Riders to worker rights; the dispute between Christ Church, Oxford, and its Dean; the Article 50 / Gina Miller litigation; the challenge to the Parole Board’s decision to release the “Black Cab Rapist”; the school sex segregation case; and representing Strictly Come Dancing Professional Kristina Rihanoff in pregnancy discrimination proceedings.

He has been a Visiting Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford, and a Research Visitor at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights. He was previously Visiting Lecturer at City University, where he taught the law of torts.

He is a co-author of numerous legal books, including Judicial Review, Disciplinary and Regulatory Proceedings, the Education Law Handbook, and the Protections for Religious Rights, and author of countless articles for legal and non-legal publications.

He practices from 11 KBW in London.