Ian Thomas

P:+61 8 8205 2966

F:+61 8 8212 6590

W:+61 8 8205 2908

E:ithomas@barchambers.com.au

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  • Solicitor, England and Wales 1993
  • Solicitor and barrister, South Australia and High Court of Australia 2010

2014

University of Cambridge (First Class Honours in Law) 1987 – 1990

Ian accepts briefs in a range of practice areas, including commercial disputes, contested trusts and estates, common law claims and insolvency.  He is recommended in Best Lawyers (Litigation and ADR) and in Doyle’s Guide (Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Insolvency & Restructuring). 

 

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  • University of Cambridge (First Class Honours in Law) 1987 – 1990
  • Solicitor, England and Wales 1993
  • Solicitor and Barrister, South Australia and High Court of Australia 2010
From 2016:
Barrister, Bar Chambers, Adelaide
2014-2016:
Barrister, Edmund Barton Chambers, Adelaide
2011-2014:
Partner, Finlaysons, Adelaide
2008-2011:
Finlaysons, Adelaide.  Initially as an overseas lawyer and then as Special Counsel following admission in South Australia
1997-2008:
Allen & Overy LLP, London, UK
1993-1997:
Solicitor, Veale Wasbrough, Bristol, UK
  • Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Energy & Resources Law Association
  • Law Society of South Australia
  • South Australian Bar Association (Council member 2017-2022 and Treasurer from 2017-2019)
  • A practical guide to freezing orders, Law Society of South Australia (February 2024)
  • An introduction to commercial arbitration, for South Australian Bar Association (November 2020) and Law Society of South Australia (December 2020)
  • Damages for breach of commercial contracts, for South Australian Bar Association (December 2015)
  • Proportionate liability (with Brendon Roberts KC), for South Australian Bar Association annual conference (October 2015)
  • Conflicts of interest: an in-house perspective, Legalwise Seminars (November 2014)
  • An introduction to financial services litigation, Law Society of South Australia (June 2014)
  • Listed in Doyle’s Guide for Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution, and Insolvency & Restructuring.
  • Listed in Best Lawyers for Litigation and ADR.
  • Best Lawyers’ 2019 Lawyer of the Year for ADR in Adelaide.

 

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