Tom Holden
Director | Milton Keynes
"Tom Holden is incredibly hardworking with excellent technical knowledge. He is tenacious and is always striving to deliver the best outcome. Tom provides sensible and pragmatic advice."
The Legal 500, 2025
Call: 0345 271 6772 Mobile: 0782 462 1110
About Tom
Tom works with clients to manage risk and resolve disputes, particularly in relation to IT and technology, commercial contracts, director and shareholder rights and duties, warranty and indemnity claims, injunctions, debt recovery and enforcement and insolvency.
A seasoned commercial litigator, Tom’s sector-specific expertise spans the IT and Technology, Manufacturing and Drinks, Hospitality and Leisure sectors.
Tom is listed as a Recommended Lawyer in The Legal 500 (2025 edition) and has been recognised for his technical ability and tenacity as well as the user-friendly clarity of his advice.
Contact Tom
Call: 0345 271 6772
Mobile: 0782 462 1110
Notable work & expertise
Recent Work
- Acting for a listed Plc and its directors in respect of their harassment and defamation by the former CEO, ultimately securing injunctive relief restraining the offending behaviour, damages, costs, the defendant’s bankruptcy and, when the terms of the injunction were repeatedly breached, an order for the defendant’s committal in respect of contempt of Court, over the course of 5 High Court hearings
- Acting for a leading vehicle finance company to resist a claim valued at c. €13m in respect of allegedly defective vehicles and in pursuing a Part 20 Claim against the supplier of those vehicles (itself a subsidiary of the household name manufacturer of the vehicles)
- Acting for a major UK airport in relation to a High Court dispute against a household name concessionaire, securing favourable settlement terms providing for payment of disputed sums and costs to the client and agreeing previously disputed terms between the parties
- Acting for an individual to resist allegations of deceit and/or fraudulent misrepresentation, a claim for damages of c. £22m and in relation to a High Court without-notice freezing injunction and order for the provision of information and computer and electronic imaging imposed upon the client, ultimately succeeding in obtaining favourable terms of settlement
- Acting for a Belgian company against a Swedish distributor in relation to a High Court claim for sums unpaid under a distributorship agreement and resisting a counterclaim in respect of alleged breaches of that agreement, ultimately achieving settlement for the client
- Acting for a leading energy supplier in relation to energy commission claims
- Acting for and advising insolvency practitioners to recover sums due to insolvent companies
Recent Work
- Advising a private equity investor on its remedies under a joint venture agreement when its joint venture partner failed to meet key milestones in the development of new software and hardware for tracking rock climbing performance
- Advising a client on its right to obtain the source code for ERP software (held in escrow) as a remedy for repeated breaches of an IT services agreement
- Resolving disputes arising under software development and maintenance agreements
Tom has extensive experience in the Drinks, Hospitality and Leisure sector, advising household-name pub companies, tenanted operators, hotels, restaurants and late-night operators on a wide range of issues including supplier disputes, insolvency, defamation and harassment, shareholder/director disputes, confidentiality and restrictive covenant disputes and others.
Testimonials
"I have worked extensively with solicitor Tom Holden – he is exceptional. He has a great ability to explain matters clearly and in an understandabl...
The Legal 500, 2026
"Tom Holden and Simon Hobbs understand our business, our own personalities and what we expect the outcomes to be. At the (as I thought) end of a re...
The Legal 500, 2025
"Tom Holden is an incredibly hardworking lawyer who fights hard to push for the best outcome for the client."
The Legal 500, 2024
"Confident, competent, professional and hardworking."
The Legal 500, 2024
"Tom Holden is methodical with a good attention to detail."
The Legal 500, 2023
"...thorough and detailed."
The Legal 500, 2022
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