Thomas Grant

Thomas Paul Wentworth Grant KC (born 1969) is an English barrister and author. He has been appointed Visiting Professor of Politics and Law at Gresham College for 2020–2021 and for 2021-2022. Grant was appointed a Visiting Professor Law at the London School of Economics in 2022 Early life Grant was born in Colchester, Essex. After obtaining a place at Colchester Royal Grammar School he went on to read English at Bristol University, where he studied under the poet Charles Tomlinson and took a first class degree. Grant went on to study law at City University in London. Legal career Grant was called to the Bar in 1993. He completed a pupillage in the Chambers of George Carman QC at New Court in the Temple. His pupil masters included Hugh Tomlinson QC, with whom he appeared in the litigation relating to the construction of the Wembley stadium arch and the claim brought by the estate of the artist Francis Bacon against Marlborough Fine Art. New Court Chambers dissolved in 2000, shortly before the death of Carman. Grant joined 9 Old Square Chambers before moving to Maitland Chambers, in Lincoln's Inn, in 2003. He joined Wilberforce Chambers in 2022.