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Tom Royston Shortlisted for Chambers UK Bar Award

15 September 2023

Tom Royston Shortlisted for a Chambers UK Bar Award

We are proud to announce that Tom Royston has been shortlisted for a Chambers UK Bar Award 2023 in the Human Rights and Public Law – Juniors category.

The shortlist is compiled following extensive research and thousands of interviews conducted by Chambers and Partners who say: ‘To be shortlisted at the Chambers UK Bar Awards means that you are at the pinnacle of the profession.’ 

The award ceremony will take place on Thursday 30 November in London.

Tom specialises in immigration, housing, mental capacity and social security law. He is no stranger to accolades having won a Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award in 2017, been shortlisted as the Legal 500 Regional Junior of the Year in 2019 and being The Legal 500 Public Law Junior of the Year in 2023. Tom was also Times Lawyer of the Week in 2020, and has been listed for some years in Band 1 of both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500.

Find out more about Tom’s work.

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