Thomas Beamont

Public Inquiries

Tom has been instructed on Counsel to the Inquiry team on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry since August 2019.

Tom is ranked in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500:

• “Thomas is fantastic with clients in very emotive and difficult situations. He is always highly prepared and gets to grips with vast amounts of documentation with ease.”
• “Thomas has a keen eye for detail and delivers high-quality service.”
• “Tom is absolutely excellent. His handling of complex issues and senior individuals is impressive.”
• “Tom is a brilliant barrister asking pertinent questions, having led the groundwork slowly and diligently with witnesses.”
• “Thomas is extremely approachable and has a fantastic and reassuring manner with clients.”
• “He approaches complex cases in a thorough manner and handled an extremely sensitive mediation in the perfect manner. He is articulate, intelligent and an impressive advocate. He works at a level well beyond one you would expect for his year of call.”
• “Tom is a go-to junior for inquests and pre-inquest hearings. His preparation of a case, even when dealing with large amounts of documentation is brilliant. He is always totally prepared, even on urgent instructions with a short turnaround time.” 
• “Thomas is always totally prepared, even on urgent instructions with a short turnaround time. He is good with clients, easy to work alongside and very reliable. His advocacy is very good.”
• “He is a highly impressive junior. He is tactically astute, practical and endlessly approachable.”
• “Thomas is very alive to the issues. He understands how to produce work that meets clients’ expectations and he is good at distilling the issue.”