Tom is both a criminal and civil practitioner.
In crime he has extensive experience in serious crime of all kinds, including fraud and money laundering. He prosecutes and defends cases in the Crown Court, including offences of conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.
In his civil practice, Tom undertakes a wide range of personal injury cases for both defendants and claimants and provides advisory services covering accidents at work, defective premises, occupiers’ liability, Highways Act cases and road traffic accidents. He is experienced in pleadings of all kinds.
Key cases
- R v Ian Huntley & Maxine Carr (2003): "The Soham murders" - second junior counsel for the defence of Ian Huntley
- R v Nwadwika-Jonathan & Wogu (2004): prosecution junior in CPS HQ/Metropolitan Police Anti-Corruption Command's prosecution of a corrupt police officer
- R v Hudson & Ors (2005): "The family from hell" - defence junior for one of a large family guilty of murdering the young wife of a family member
- R v Hilton (2006): prosecution junior in the murder trial of a man convicted of strangling his girlfriend.
Contact Tom Elmer
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7242 3555
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7242 2511
Email: clerks@7br.co.uk