Admitted to the Bar 2012
Appointed Senior Counsel 2024
Experience
Thomas appears in the High Court, in intermediate appellate courts and at the trial level in both commercial and public law matters.
He has authored or edited a number of books, including Interpretation (3rd ed, 2024), a leading text on interpretation in private and public law.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Thomas was a lawyer in the litigation and taxation departments at Allens Arthur Robinson. Before this, he was an Associate at the High Court of Australia to the Hon Justice Dyson Heydon and then the Hon Justice Virginia Bell AC.
Thomas graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science (Advanced) with First Class Honours and the University Medal in Statistics and a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours and the University Medal. He was a Menzies Scholar and completed a Master of Laws at University College, London.
Principal Areas of Practice
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Commercial Law
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- Administrative Law
- Appellate
- Arbitration
- Banking and Financial Services
- Class Actions
- Competition and Consumer
- Conflict of Laws
- Contracts
- Corporations and Securities
- Environment and Planning
- Insurance and Reinsurance
- Real property
- Shareholder class actions
- Trade Practices
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Common Law
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- Appellate
- Class Actions
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Equity
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- Appellate
- Trusts
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Public and Administrative Law
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- Administrative Law
- Appellate
- Constitutional Law
- Judicial review and administrative law
- Native title
- Proceeds of crime
- Public law
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Taxation and Revenue
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- Income tax
- Stamp duty and other state taxes