Chambers & Partners 2008 recommend Thomas Linden QC as a leading silk in Education Law “incredibly knowledgeable and user-friendly with it, and clients love him” and Employment Law “absolutely elephantine memory, is an exceptional cross-examiner, a real team player and is not afraid of getting his hands dirty.”
Legal 500 2007/2008 recommend Thomas Linden QC as a leading silk in Education law, Employment law "innovative, cerebral and a pleasure to instruct" and Sport law.
Named as Employment Junior of the Year in the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards 2005 and 2006, for a number of years before he took silk Chambers & Partners recommended him as one of two starred juniors in employment law and he was recommended as a top junior in Legal 500 and Legal Business: Legal Experts. He was also ranked as a leading junior in Education law in Chambers & Partners, the Legal 500 and Legal Business: Legal Experts, and was named as a leading junior in Sports law in the Legal 500.
Since taking silk, Chambers & Partners (2007) have recommended him in employment and in education law:‘There is no doubt that Thomas Linden QC is “just superb,” deservedly popular and “ferociously busy.” “Second to none,” said one client and “on his day a match for virtually anyone you could name.” He was the recipient of a litany of praise, with references being made to his intelligence, judgement and analytical skills. He is an “exceptional performer in court” and has the nose for a trial. Major City discrimination disputes and matters relating to religious, sexual, and sexual orientation discrimination prove a speciality.
Just prior to taking silk, he was also recommended by the Legal 500 2006/7 as a leading junior in sports and education law and as the top-ranking junior in employment: ‘The ‘incisive’ Thomas Linden is an “excellent performer in court”, ... He is “simply a great person to have on side; one of the best”, says a client, while an opponent warns: “You don't know the knife has gone in till you slip to the ground’.
‘Hailed as a “genius,” Thomas Linden is an exceptionally talented and popular junior. An “intellectual heavyweight,” he gives a “superior performance” in court and stands head and shoulders above the crowd for his “persuasive oral advocacy.”
The clients’ “first choice for work that touches on EU, commercial and discrimination issues,” he recently appeared in Celtec v Astley, a TUPE case that went to the ECJ.’ Also ranked in Education: ‘Thomas Linden is a “very urbane and articulate” junior who operates all across the education sector.’ (Chambers & Partners - 2006)
‘Thomas Linden is an “intellectual heavyweight” with “spot on judgment”’ (Legal 500 - 2005/6). “Intelligent and personable,” ‘With “understanding and powers of analysis that are second to none,” Thomas Linden is “a cut above” others’ (Chambers & Partners UK - 2005)
Top Leading Junior in Employment and joint 2nd ‘Leading Junior’ in Sports law - ‘Employment specialist Thomas Linden at Matrix Chambers has acted for a number of sporting individuals, and appeared in several nandrolene cases.” (Legal 500 - 2004)
‘professional and dispassionate’ (Chambers & Partners UK - 2004)
‘a top ranking junior... stands out for his intellectual ability and forensic approach’
(Chambers & Partners UK - 2002)
