Gareth Thomas

Gareth Thomas

Year of Call: 1993
Clerk: Michael Lieberman

Gareth joined 9 Park Place Chambers in 2003 and now specialises in chancery work and in personal injury and clinical negligence cases where he undertakes some conditional fee work. He is commended for his property work in the Legal 500 and Chambers UK.

Gareth enjoys a reputation for an imaginative approach, assiduous research and persistence in seeking remedies on behalf of his clients. His significant cases include Warren Hartnell Marshall v Lillian Pearl Marshal (1998) CA (Beldam LJ) Ltl 81098 (a succession case involving a secret side agreement found contrary to public policy) with more recent cases involving a high-profile defamation case in the High Court involving the use of “Twitter” by a prospective council member during a local election as well as adverse rights to land, rights of way, rectification (of both title to land and wills) and commercial lease disputes.

Gareth is a member of the Wales Specialist Bar Association and the Wales Commercial Law Association and often gives seminars and training to lawyers on the Wales & Chester Circuit.

Educated at Cardiff High School, Gareth went on to study at Cardiff University, Aberystwyth University and Bar School at Inns of Court School of Law, High Holborn.