• 'Tom has excellent knowledge and a keen attention to detail. Tom provides excellent written submission in complex areas of law.' Chambers UK 2023

  • 'Tom is frighteningly well organised and meticulous. He is also very skilled at drafting and powerful in his analysis of a case.' Chambers UK 2023

  • ‘Incredibly bright and hard-working, he has the ability to see a way through complex problems.’  
    Chambers UK, 2020

  • ‘A persuasive advocate in writing and on his feet.’ 
    Legal 500, 2020

  • ‘Hardworking, diligent and sensible – silks trust him completely.’ 
    Legal 500, 2019
 

Tom Broomfield

Called to the Bar:2007

  • Overview

    An incredibly bright junior who appears in heavy weight, complex cases spanning a variety of fields; Tom Broomfield is a stellar addition to any team.

    Corporate and Financial Crime

    Tom Broomfield is an experienced financial crime practitioner.  He is regularly instructed by prosecuting authorities and defence firms at the outset of investigation through to appeal. He has an effortless ability to quickly master voluminous and complex material and is equally at home leading or working effectively as part of large teams.

    Crime

    Tom Broomfield is a very highly regarded criminal advocate, appearing in a wide variety of serious and complex cases. He is a favourite with clients who need a calm yet commanding guidance. He has accumulated considerable experience of all stages of serious criminal cases, from pre-charge to appeal.

    Regulatory 

    Tom Broomfield is experienced in a wide range of regulatory tribunals.  He mines his experience of representing regulators to advise and represent professionals and firms from the financial, legal and healthcare professions. He provides advice and representation on a host of areas within the field and is experienced in conducting all types of hearing. 

    Reviews

    Chambers UK 2024: Crime - Band 4; Financial Crime - Band 3

    Legal 500 2024: Crime – Tier 3

    Chambers UK 2023: Crime - Band 4; Financial Crime - Band 4

    Legal 500 2023: Business and Regulatory Crime (Including Global Investigations) – Tier 3; Crime – Tier 3

    "He is calm, measured and an invaluable part of any team." Chambers UK Financial Crime (2024)

    "Very hard-working, professional and all that a modern advocate should be." Chambers UK Financial  Crime (2024)

    'Tom always demonstrates superb preparation in his cases. He always attends court with an exceptional knowledge of the case which fills anyone who instructs him with confidence. In court he is a smooth advocate, picking the right tone for each witness. When mitigating he speaks with purpose and authority.’ Legal 500 Crime (2024)

    'Tom is frighteningly well organised and meticulous. He is also very skilled at drafting and powerful in his analysis of a case.' Chambers UK Crime (2023)

    'Tom has excellent knowledge and a keen attention to detail. Tom provides excellent written submission in complex areas of law.' 'Tom is a very reliable junior. He is particularly good with complex cases and has excellent judgement. He is reliable and hard-working.' Chambers UK Financial Crime (2023)

    ‘Tom is a talented advocate – bright and hard-working.’ Legal 500 Crime (2023)

    ‘Tom has a very well established practice in business and regulatory crime. He has developed an impressive experience in FCA cases, and has drawn on that to expand into other related fields. He has a fine eye for the detail and is very good at thinking out of the box. He understands long term strategy in cases in this field, where investigations case span several years.’ Legal 500 Business and Regulatory Crime (2023)

    'His drafting is very good and he is excellent on his feet.' Chambers UK Financial Crime (2022)

    'Tom drafts impeccable written legal submissions. Gentle but firm approach with the client. Excellent under pressure and performs well.' Legal 500 Business and Regulatory Crime (2022)

    'He is just incredibly bright and is able to think around problems and offer solutions.' 'He has very good instincts and his drafting skills are excellent.' Chambers UK Financial Crime (2021)

    'Extremely well organised. Very prompt in all preparation, especially advices. Very quickly able to see the issue. Very amiable and good with client. Realistic and practical.' Legal 500 Crime (2021)

    'Fantastic on both the details and the bigger picture. Hardworking and confident in court.' Legal 500 Business and Regulatory Crime (2021)

    ‘Incredibly bright and hard-working, he has the ability to see a way through complex problems.’ ‘Excellent with clients and passionate about his work,’ ‘he's delightful to deal with.’ Chambers UK Financial Crime (2020)

    ‘A persuasive advocate in writing and on his feet.’ Legal 500 Business and Regulatory Crime (Including Global Investigations) (2020)

    Professional Memberships

    • Criminal Bar Association
    • Fraud Lawyers Association
    • South Eastern Circuit

    Education

    • 2006 – 2007 BPP Law School, London Bar Vocational School (Very Competent)
    • 2005 – 2006 City University, London Graduate Diploma in Law (Pass with Merit)
    • 2004 – 2005 University of Bristol MA in Contemporary History (Distinction)
    • 2002 – 2003 University of Bristol BA Historical Studies (First)

       

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  • Corporate and Financial Crime

    Tom Broomfield is a sought after white collar practitioner with an array of experience at the top level.

    Overview

    Tom Broomfield is an experienced financial crime practitioner. He is regularly instructed by prosecuting authorities and defence firms at the outset of an investigation through to appeal. He has an effortless ability to quickly master voluminous and complex material and is equally at home leading or working effectively as part of large teams.

    Experience

    He has extensive experience of insider dealing and has appeared in the most high-profile prosecutions brought by the regulator in recent years, including: 

    FCA v. Korfuzi and others: prosecution of five defendants for conspiracy to insider deal and money laundering offences (set for trial in February 2025).

    FCA v. Bayes and another: successful prosecution of the first defendant for insider dealing and encouraging another to trade (convicted in March 2024).

    FCA v. Abdel-Malek and Choucair: successful prosecution for disclosing inside information and insider dealing (appeals against conviction after a re-trial were dismissed in 2020 – [2020] EWCA Crim 1730)

    FCA v Lyttleton: guilty pleas to insider dealing (2016).

    FCA v Dodgson and others (Operation Tabernula): successful prosecution of first and third defendants for conspiracy to insider deal (2016).

    Tom is also experienced in FCA regulatory enforcement cases. He is currently instructed as junior counsel for the FCA in an investigation into a large corporate for breaching the Listing Rules. He was recently part of a team advising a former employee of a leading international financial services company for involvement in the Mozambique debt scandal. 

    He has gained a unique insight into the FCA during his practice to date and is able to bring that knowledge to bear with clear and effective advice to clients facing allegations of insider dealing and market abuse in both criminal and regulatory contexts.

    Tom also has considerable Corporate and Financial Crime experience outside of his FCA practice. He was part of the counsel team that advised the SFO not to bring charges against individuals suspected of fraudulently trading on the foreign exchange market. Since then, he has predominately been instructed by defence firms to advise on various matters relating to allegations of bribery, corruption, fraud, money laundering and cartel activity. He has recently been instructed to defend in multiple investigations by the Insolvency Service.

    Tom has vast experience of internal investigations that span a number of jurisdictions and involve a number of prosecuting agencies and regulators. He has both led and been a member of specialised teams from chambers. He has dealt with disclosure, civil discovery, compelled requests, subpoenas, mutual legal assistance treaties and LPP involving multi-national corporates and their affiliates. 

    Tom has developed a keen interest and expertise of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 and specifically the new corporate criminal offences of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion, which came into force at the end of September 2019. He has written and lectured extensively on the subject, including at seminars to top tier international law firms.

    Tom has particular expertise in criminal aspects of copyright and trademark law and has prosecuted in cases ranging from large-scale conspiracies to defraud to supplying counterfeit goods and breaches of consumer protection law. He has lectured on trading standards law at conferences and seminars across the UK and advises on charge and sufficiency of evidence at an early stage of proceedings.

    He has a good understanding of the field of Health & Safety. His vast experience of work for a major corporate crime prosecuting authority has given him a wealth of experience of assessing the adequacies of a firm's systems and controls in order to prevent a risk from occurring.

    Notable Cases

    FCA v Stuart Bayes and another (2021 – 2024)

    Junior counsel for the Financial Conduct Authority in an insider dealing prosecution. Mr Bayes was convicted following a re-trial in 2024.

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    PSR v. Sulion and others (2021)

    Junior counsel for Sulion Limited in an investigation conducted by the Payment Systems Regulator (“PSR”) into cartel activity in the UK pre-paid cards market.

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    FCA v Abdel-Malek and Choucair (2016 - 2020)

    Junior for the Financial Conduct Authority in an insider dealing prosecution first listed for trial in October 2018. Appeals against conviction after a re-trial in 2019 were dismissed in 2020 - [2020] EWCA Crim 1730. 

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    FCA v Lyttleton (2014 - 2016) 

    Junior counsel for the Financial Conduct Authority in an insider dealing prosecution of a former fund manager at BlackRock. My Lyttleton used a complex off shore financial structure to hide his dealing in stocks based on inside information gleaned through his employment. Instructed in 2014 at an early stage of the investigation to the conclusion of the case.

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    FCA v Dodgson and Ors (2012 – 2016)

    Disclosure counsel for the Financial Conduct Authority in Operation Tabernula, the largest insider-dealing investigation ever brought by the FCA. Managed a team of approximately 15 paralegals and junior counsel in a disclosure review exercise encompassing over ten terabytes of material and spanning four years. Part of the counsel team at court for the duration of the trial.

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    SFO investigation (2014 – 2016)
    Instructed as second junior in the investigation into fraudulent trading on the foreign exchange market. The case involved extensive cooperation with the FCA, CMA, DoJ and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission as well as banks (and their advisers) that had been subject to internal and regulatory investigations. Involved on a day-to-day basis overseeing the review of over half a million documents. Provided piecemeal advice on specific aspects of the investigation and contributed to the final advice on sufficiency of evidence.

    Reviews

    Chambers UK 2024: Financial Crime - Band 3

    Chambers UK 2023: Financial Crime - Band 4

    Legal 500 2023: Business and Regulatory Crime (Including Global Investigations) – Tier 3

    'Tom has excellent knowledge and a keen attention to detail. Tom provides excellent written submission in complex areas of law.' Chambers UK Financial Crime (2023)

    'Tom is a very reliable junior. He is particularly good with complex cases and has excellent judgement. He is reliable and hard-working.' Chambers UK Financial Crime (2023)

    ‘Tom has a very well established practice in business and regulatory crime. He has developed an impressive experience in FCA cases, and has drawn on that to expand into other related fields. He has a fine eye for the detail and is very good at thinking out of the box. He understands long term strategy in cases in this field, where investigations case span several years.’ Legal 500 Business and Regulatory Crime (2023)

    'His drafting is very good and he is excellent on his feet.' Chambers UK Financial Crime (2022)

    'Tom drafts impeccable written legal submissions. Gentle but firm approach with the client. Excellent under pressure and performs well.' Legal 500 Business and Regulatory Crime (2022)

    'He is just incredibly bright and is able to think around problems and offer solutions.' 'He has very good instincts and his drafting skills are excellent.' Chambers UK Financial Crime (2021)

    'Fantastic on both the details and the bigger picture. Hardworking and confident in court.' Legal 500 Business and Regulatory Crime (2021)

    ‘Incredibly bright and hard-working, he has the ability to see a way through complex problems.’ ‘Excellent with clients and passionate about his work,’ ‘he's delightful to deal with.’ Chambers UK Financial Crime (2020)

    ‘A persuasive advocate in writing and on his feet.’ Legal 500 Business and Regulatory Crime (Including Global Investigations) (2020)

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  • Crime

    An accomplished criminal advocate, Tom Broomfield instils confidence in all he works with. He has knowledge and experience beyond his call and an easy client-manner.

    Overview

    Tom Broomfield is a very highly regarded criminal advocate, appearing in a wide variety of serious and complex cases. He is a favourite with clients who need a calm yet focused and commanding guidance. He has accumulated considerable experience of all stages of serious criminal cases, from pre-charge to appeal. 

    Experience

    Tom prosecutes and defends in a broad spectrum of serious and complex criminal cases, including murder and related homicide offences, serious violence, drugs, firearms, and serious sexual offences. He is experienced at all stages of the process and in all tiers of the English legal system. He has exceptional drafting skills, is a persuasive courtroom advocate and has a keen eye for detail. Tom is responsive, easy to work with and provides an outstanding service to lay and professional clients.

    Tom is a level four CPS panel advocate and is level four on the Serious Crime Group List. Tom has undergone training in vulnerable witness handling and has significant experience representing clients with a wide range of mental health difficulties. Tom regularly represents individuals charged with road traffic offences and has particular experience advising professionals in this area. 

    Notable Cases

    R v B & M (2023)
    Junior counsel for the prosecution in an Encrochat case involving allegations of conspiracy to murder and the importation and supply of Class A drugs.

    R v Y (2023)
    Sole counsel for the Crown in a prosecution of a single defendant for attempting to murder his brother with a claw hammer.

    R v W (2023)
    Sole prosecution counsel. Police officer found guilty of two counts of common assault for using PAVA spray towards a suspect as he descended the outside of a block of flats from the twelfth floor. 

    R v B (2023)
    Junior counsel for the defendant charged with attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend, arson being reckless as to whether life is endangered and unlawful wounding of a police officer.

    R v K and others (2023)
    Sole counsel for defendant charged with conspiracy to blackmail.

    R v A and others (2022)
    Sole counsel for the third defendant in a multi-million-pound money laundering conspiracy. Prosecution offered no evidence following discovery of serious disclosure failings part way through the trial.

    R v S and others (2021 – 2022)
    Junior counsel for the prosecution. Five defendants charged with three conspiracies to murder and multiple firearms offences.

    R v H and others (2021)
    Junior counsel for the third defendant in a drugs related murder. Acquitted after trial.

    R v M and others (2019)
    Junior counsel for the second defendant in a murder during a drug deal. Acquitted of murder and manslaughter after trial.

    R v T (2018) 
    Instructed as junior counsel for the first defendant in a murder with a shot gun, described as a "cold blooded execution".

    Ace Waste Haulage (2015)
    Defended a company in a case that resulted in a guilty plea to fly-tipping on an industrial scale.


    Reviews

    Chambers UK 2024: Crime - Band 4

    Legal 500 2024: Crime – Tier 3

    Legal 500 2022: Crime – Tier 3

    'Tom always demonstrates superb preparation in his cases. He always attends court with an exceptional knowledge of the case which fills anyone who instructs him with confidence. In court he is a smooth advocate, picking the right tone for each witness. When mitigating he speaks with purpose and authority.’ Legal 500 Crime (2024)

    'Tom is frighteningly well organised and meticulous. He is also very skilled at drafting and powerful in his analysis of a case.' Chambers UK (2023)

    'Extremely well organised. Very prompt in all preparation, especially advices. Very quickly able to see the issue. Very amiable and good with client. Realistic and practical.' Legal 500 Crime (2021)

    ‘A persuasive advocate both on paper and on his feet.’ Legal 500 Crime (2020)

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  • Regulatory

    An intelligent, confident and efficient junior barrister who brings his ability to master and deliver a case persuasively and effectively, to the area of professional regulation.

    Overview

    Tom Broomfield is experienced in a wide range of regulatory tribunals. He mines his experience of representing regulators to advise and represent professionals and firms from the financial, legal and healthcare professions. He provides advice and representation on a host of areas within the field and is experienced in conducting every type of hearing at each stage of a case.

    Experience

    Tom began his regulatory practice presenting at healthcare tribunals but has since established a successful and varied practice appearing both for and against a variety of regulators.

    Professional Discipline

    Tom’s broad and areas of expertise means that he is particularly well placed to provide comprehensive advice to finance and legal professions facing disciplinary action from their regulators. He has appeared against and been instructed by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in cases involving tax improprieties and criminal convictions.

    He has also advised the Solicitors Regulation Authority in relation to a number of separate matters involving allegations ranging from lack of proper advice to inappropriately obtaining client money. This aspect of Tom’s practice is complimented by his experience of FCA regulatory enforcement cases and he is skilled at assisting professionals with the emotional strain that such cases involve.

    Healthcare 

    In relation to healthcare regulators, he is on the GMC’s approved list of counsel and appears against the regulator in MPTS hearings. He has represented registrants in misconduct and interim order hearings before the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Conduct and Competence Committee.  He has also represented applicants at the Health and Care Professions Council and recently presented a case for the General Pharmaceutical Council. 

    Tom has worked with the regulators’ regulator, the Professional Standards Authority, reviewing, assessing and advising on decisions made by other health and care regulators.

    Tom also has experience of working in cases involving the Bar Standards Board, the Security Industry Authority and the General Dental Council.

    Reviews

    Legal 500 2022: Business and Regulatory Crime (Including Global Investigations) – Tier 3

    'Tom drafts impeccable written legal submissions. Gentle but firm approach with the client. Excellent under pressure and performs well.' Legal 500 Business and Regulatory Crime (2022)

    'Fantastic on both the details and the bigger picture. Hardworking and confident in court.' Legal 500 Business and Regulatory Crime (2021)

    ‘A persuasive advocate in writing and on his feet.’ Legal 500 Business and Regulatory Crime (Including Global Investigations) (2020)

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