Advocacy Training in South Africa

Thom was invited by the General Council of the Bar of South Africa and The Inns of Court College of Advocacy to deliver advocacy training to lawyers from across South Africa.

Thom was part of a group of international trainers, including advocates from Malaysia and Singapore, who joined the faculty of senior South African lawyers at the Mabula Game Lodge in the Waterberg region of the Limpopo Province.

Thom is an experienced advocacy trainer, and recently delivered training to the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) in The Hague.

Thom gives advocacy training at the International Criminal Court

Thom was recently invited to deliver advocacy training to the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) in The Hague, together with other trainers from Inner Temple. The training included talks on best practice for conducting both examination-in-chief and cross-examination before international criminal tribunals.

In addition to being an advocacy trainer with the Inner Temple, Thom is a member of both the International Criminal Court’s List of Counsel and the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (the ‘Rule 43’ List).