Tom Pilgrim

Tom Pilgrim is the Deputy Law Editor at PA Media, reporting on cases at the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. In this role, he covers everything from family law disputes and judicial reviews of Government policy to criminal appeals and libel disputes. Tom's career began at the Cambridge News, working as a local reporter.

Nationwide Building Society is set to take over smaller rival Virgin Money after passing court and regulatory hurdles (Mike Egerton/PA)

Judge approves Nationwide’s £2.9bn takeover of Virgin Money

Rival vaccine developers sought to challenge aspects of a High Court ruling from July this year (Peter Byrne/PA)

Covid-19 vaccine patent legal battle heading to Court of Appeal

The ExCel centre in London in 2020 (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Ruling over Covid insurance claims a win for thousands of businesses – lawyers

A judge said the Government had given ‘clear and lawful’ reasons for backing the power plant project (Joe Giddens/PA)

Judge rejects High Court challenge over new gas power plant