Call: 2019
"Tom Walker is a real rising star who is incredibly bright, exceptionally responsive and very quick to roll up his sleeves and get stuck in when required. He’s an absolute joy to work with."
Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2027
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Tom has a broad and busy practice across Chambers’ main specialisms. These include construction and engineering, adjudication, professional negligence, and procurement. He is ranked as a “rising star” by The Legal 500 and as “up and coming” by Chambers & Partners. He is described by clients as “exceptionally bright”, “an absolute joy to work with”, and “a star in the making”. He accepts instructions to advise, draft, and provide representation at all stages of litigation or other dispute resolution process, and particularly relishes being on his feet having gained extensive advocacy experience both prior to and during his time at Keating Chambers. He joined Chambers following the successful completion of his pupillage in 2022.
Recent experience as sole counsel includes:
Acting for the Claimant in a High Court claim concerning defective fire stopping works at a building containing 57 residential flats.
Acting for the Claimant in a High Court claim concerning a contract for the provision of retail marketing software. The claim is valued at circa £1.3m.
Successfully enforced an adjudicator’s award where enforcement was resisted on the basis of several jurisdictional challenges, including that multiple disputes had been referred, and that the adjudication arose under multiple contracts.
Represented the Defendant in an international arbitration in Singapore concerning a contract dispute worth approximately $2.4 million. This included a two-day final hearing.
Represented the Claimant in an international arbitration in the UAE concerning a dispute over a performance guarantee, with a three-day final hearing. This included conducting the cross-examination of several witnesses of fact and an expert witness.
Recent experience as junior counsel includes:
Before coming to the Bar, Tom worked as a county court advocate for a law firm, LPC law. During this time Tom would conduct several hearings a week in his own right in relation to mortgage possession; landlord and tenant possession; infant settlement; setting aside default judgment; and bankruptcy. Whilst studying for the Bar Course, Tom represented his Inn of Court, Middle Temple, in the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. This saw Tom compete in several European countries over the course of the year and win two awards for his advocacy.
Tom is also a contributor to Keating on Construction Contracts, and the Construction Law Reports.
Professional Career
Tenant, Keating Chambers - 2022
Pupil, Keating Chambers 2021 – 2022
County Court Advocate, LPC Law 2019 – 2020
Called to the Bar, Middle Temple 2019
Education
LLM International Commercial Law, UCL (Distinction, with 82% in a dissertation on good faith in English contract law) 2020 – 2021
Bar Professional Training Course, BPP (Outstanding in Civil Litigation, ADR, and Civil Advocacy) 2018 – 2019
Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP (Distinctions in Tort, Contract, and EU law) 2017 – 2018
MA Music Business Management, University of Westminster (Distinction – 2nd in the year) 2016 – 2017
BA Philosophy and Theology, University of Bristol (First – top of the year) 2013 – 2016
Tom is a keen musician having played guitar, sung in and managed a tenaciously unsuccessful rock band for a number of years. He is also an enthusiastic cook.
The Honourable Mention of the White & Case LLP Pre-Moot – White & Case LLP 2019
The Honourable Mention of the fourth Fox Williams LLP Pre-Moot – The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Fox Williams LLP 2019
The Harmsworth Scholarship, BPTC – Middle Temple 2018
The Director’s Bursary Award – BPP 2018
The Harmsworth Scholarship, GDL – Middle Temple 2017
Career Guarantee Scholarship – BPP 2017
