Tom Crowther KC has experience as a tribunal Judge, Crown Court Judge and as the Chair of a Public Inquiry into child sexual exploitation. His experience gives him an unique insight and sensitivity to the needs of the client. He is regularly instructed on behalf of vulnerable clients including children and young people accused of gang related offences and those who have been victims of modern slavery, and has mounted successful arguments in relation to the admissibility of gang affiliation evidence including drill material. The extent of Tom's detail focus shows not only in his Inquiry work but also in his recent conduct of VHCC and other very long cases involving fraud and drugs offences. He has a forensic approach and has been noted to be particularly effective in his cross examination of scientific expert witnesses including pathologists. Tom has a busy private criminal practice which has seen him advise very large multinationals as well as nationally known figures in the sporting world, business people visiting the UK, and solicitors facing criminal proceedings. He has successfully represented doctors and senior police officers in courts and tribunals. In his private work Tom has secured acquittals in cases where individuals have faced charges including attempted murder, wounding with intent, harassment, indecent and sexual assault and rape, both non-recent and contemporary. He has experience in dealing with proceedings arising from breaches of PACE including unlawful searches. Having had a predominantly prosecution practice prior to 2013, Tom still occasionally prosecutes for the all-Wales Complex Casework Unit of the CPS and also prosecutes RASSO cases more widely.