Tom Crittenden

Tom is a partner in our dispute resolution department who has practiced in the West End and City of London throughout his career.  He is a dispute resolution specialist who advises on:

• dispute avoidance and de-escalation strategies;

• alternative dispute resolution procedures;

• the conduct of litigation in the High Court to include several of its specialist lists;

• obtaining urgent interlocutory reliefs;

• the conduct of proceedings in the appellate courts of England and Wales;

• civil recovery proceedings pursued under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in both the civil and criminal courts; and

• arbitration proceedings conducted on an ad hoc basis and subject to the rules and procedures of several arbitral institutions.

Tom has regularly acted individuals and businesses involved in disputes that cross borders, and he is adept at advising on issues relating jurisdiction and the conflict of laws.

Tom has had the privilege of advising on a broad range of disputes.  Some examples of his work include:

• acting for a digital currency exchange made subject of Account Freezing Orders made under section 303Z1 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and which is currently subject to a forfeiture application made pursuant to section 303Z14 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002;

• acting for an individual who was subject to an office holder claim alleging he was a de facto director of a company that was used as a vehicle for fraudulently obtaining funds from individuals seeking to invest in fine wine;

• Marex Financial Limited -v- Carlos Sevilleja Garcia [2020] UKSC 31 – where he was part of the team that acted for the Respondent from an initial jurisdiction challenge in the Commercial Court through to an appeal to the Supreme Court that (amongst other things) re-examined the rule against reflective loss;

• Sotheby’s -v- (1) Mark Weiss Limited (2) Fairlight Art Venture LLP and (3) Mark Adrian F. Weiss [2020] EWCA Civ 1570 – where he was part of the team that acted for the Second Defendant and Appellant firstly in the Commercial Court and then Court of Appeal in relation to the a dispute concerning a multi-million pound sale of a Dutch Old Master painting alleged to be a forgery;

• Millicom Tanzania N.V -v- (1) Golden Globe Financial Services Limited and (2) Yusuf Manji – where he was part of the team acting for the first defendant in proceedings before the High Court of the British Virgin Islands in an application to discharge a worldwide freezing injunction and to challenge the jurisdiction of the courts of the BVI on the underlying claim.