Year of Call: 2008
"Very bright, clear-thinking and tactically astute."
Thomas has a wide-ranging commercial chancery practice with a particular emphasis on business disputes. These frequently involve company law, breach of directors' duties, joint ventures, partnerships, insolvency and intellectual property. He has been instructed in several High Court trials as sole counsel (including an 11 day trial of an unfair prejudice petition in the Chancery Division) and has also been instructed as junior counsel in high value civil fraud and company cases (including in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal). In intellectual property matters Thomas is instructed in pure I.P. disputes and in commercial cases with an I.P. element. Thomas also regulary advises and acts in relation to off-shore matters and entities, including those in Jersey, Mauritius, The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos and the BVI.
Kings College, Cambridge: BA (English) Double first class honours; MPhil; PhD (16th century music and literature)
City University: GDL (distinction)
Inns of Court School of Law: BVC (outstanding)
Scarman Scholarship (1st overall in BVC at ICSL)
OUP prize for advocacy and procedure in BVC
Inner Temple Major Scholarship
ICSL Scholarship
Called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI) (2013)
Thomas Patrick Elias
978291171
Mentioned in 'M&S settles lawsuit with Aldi over Colin the Caterpillar cake' Retail Gazette
Chambers UK
Ranked - Leading Barrister