Dominic Thomas
Year of Call: 1998 MA (Oxon)
Gray's Inn Exchange Scholarship with Paris Bar 2000
Affiliations: Criminal Bar Association, Lawyers for Liberty, Liberty, Prisoner's Advisory Service, Criminal Appeal Lawyer's Association (founder member)
Biography
Practice Profile
Cases
Publications
BiographyDominic Thomas is a highly regarded specialist in all aspects of serious crime (including confiscation and restraint and associated litigation such as judicial review, prison law, inquests, inquiries and civil fraud).
Dominic is a founder member of the Criminal Appeal Lawyers Association. He is a fluent French speaker. Dominic is a qualified pupil supervisor.
Practice ProfileDominic has acted as sole counsel in cases of attempted murder, rape, fraud and other serious offences in the Central Criminial Court and elsewhere. He has acted as a sole counsel in a lengthy multi track civil fraud in the Central London County Court.
Dominic has acted as led junior counsel in cases of murder (including cases involving a mental health disposal), large-scale drugs conspiracy and high-value fraud.
Dominic has particular expertise in criminal appeals to the Court of Appeal and to the Criminal Cases Review Commission where he was not counsel instruced at first instance.
CasesReported cases:
Chahal v Director of Public Prosecutions [2010] EWHC 439 (Admin) reported at [2010] 2 Cr App R 5
Has been instructed as led junior counsel in cases for the defence such as:
R v Hodgson: “one punch” Murder allegation, heard at the Central Criminal Court.
R v Carpenter and Others: Allegation of Conspiracy to Murder
R v Richards and one other: Allegation of murder by stabbing, defendant a 17-year old Jamaican national, heard at the Central Criminal Court.
R v Sharpe and one other: Allegation of attempted murder by stabbing, defendant a 16-year old with learning difficulties.
R v Lee and others: Allegation of large-scale drugs conspiracy to supply.
R v Brecani and others: Allegation of kidnap and false imprisonment of an Albanian prostitute, defendant an Albanian national.
R v McGrath and others: Allegation of large-scale firearms conspiracy.
R v Connors and others: Allegation of blackmail and money laundering.
R v Gilette: Allegation of murder, Central Criminal Court, mental health disposal.
R v Hardy and others:Allegation of international scale drugs conspiracy to supply.
Has been instructed as sole counsel in cases for the defence such as:
Ali v Hughes and others Multi-track case at the Central London Count Court, allegation of large-scale insurance fraud.
R v Davies and others Allegation of attempted murder by shooting at the Central Criminal Court.
R v MacAleese Restraint Order lifted in criminal proceedings.
PublicationsRegular contributor to
Independent Lawyer magazine ("Monthly Case Update")