Tom is an established member of Weightmans' professional negligence and insurance disputes team, as well as having key roles in the professional discipline and public inquiries teams. Although based in Newcastle, Tom acts for clients across the country.
Tom has been ranked as a Tier 1 "next generation partner" in the Lgeal 500 and described as a "calm and methodical" solicitor with "excellent client care" and "wise beyond his years – a very good lawyer who is prepared to put in all the hours to get to the final article". Considered "very attuned to his clients' needs" and “the go-to name for construction disputes”, Tom is considered by his clients to have “exceptional ability to analyse cases and plan strategies”, with “a calm approach to difficult issues” able to “marry great professional capability and skill with empathy”. For the last 3 years, he is also listed in Tier 1 National for Professional Discipline work and described as “very competent in managing a diverse team and keeping the clients focused on the issues” with “outstanding knowledge of the sectors in which he practises, and that cut across several legal disciplines (crime, regulatory and public law)”.
The mainstay of Tom's current practice involves complex professional negligence construction disputes, with a particular focus on cladding and related façade claims arising in the wake of the Grenfell Tower Disaster. As well as being instructed on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry itself for one of the Core Participants, Tom has also assisted various professionals involved in disputes concerning allegedly defective cladding/façade products, including one of the ‘top-20 cases to watch for 2024’ as well as acting on associated recovery actions.
Alongside this, Tom has an ever-expanding practice in disciplinary/regulatory and alternative forums work, and is currently acting on various matters before disciplinary bodies, public inquiries and appeal panels. Tom has also recently taken a regulatory prosecution to trial on a previously untested point of law, obtaining a favourable result for the client, and has been instructed on a number of novel, construction-based Judicial Reviews.
Tom also continues to be instructed on a broader range of disputes spanning the traditional and emerging professions and is regularly instructed by a wide range of insurers, and other clients.
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Tom Thurlow has outstanding knowledge of the sectors in which he practises, and that cut across several legal disciplines (crime, regulatory and public law).
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Tom Thurlow has great expertise in the construction industry and a calm approach to difficult issues.
Legal 500 2025 -
Tom Thurlow has outstanding client management skills. He keeps them happy while ensuring that their expectations are managed, and counsel can get on with their tasks.
Legal 500 2025 -
Tom Thurlow and team go above and beyond in their work dealing with us as a client, they have become our go-to advisers on anything we require solicitor guidance, and they also are always on hand when we need them.
Legal 500 2025 -
Very competent in managing a diverse team and keeping the clients focused on the issues.
Legal 500 2024 -
Exceptional ability to analyse cases and plan strategies. A rising star.
Legal 500 2024 -
The go-to name for construction disputes.
Legal 500 2024 -
Tom Thurlow has an exceptional ability to marry great professional capability and skill with empathy.
Legal 500 2025