Tom Goudkamp OAM - Managing Director

Stacks/Goudkamp

Castlereagh St, Sydney

The Managing Director of Stacks/Goudkamp, Tom has vast experience in Compensation law, specialising in major claims arising from Motor Vehicle Accidents. A New South Wales Law Society Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury, he is the Chairperson of the NSW Law Society’s Personal Injury Advisory Committee, an assessor for CARS (Claims Assessment Resolution Service), and was a member of the NSW Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Board for 14 years. Tom was the President of the Australian Lawyers Alliance in 2004/2005 and is a current member. In addition to this, he has memberships to the American Trial Lawyer’s Association (ATLA), and the Motor Accident Authority’s panel of legal practitioners. Tom is also co-author of the highly regarded Goudkamp/Morrison Personal Injury Law Manuel NSW.

After beginning his law career as a Paralegal in London, Tom worked at a number of Sydney law firms before joining Stacks in 1993 to head the Sydney office, becoming Managing Director of Stacks/Goudkamp in 2003. He was awarded an Order of Australia medal (OAM) in 2005 for services to injured people and the legal profession. With 36 years in practice, Tom is a knowledgeable and respected member of the Stacks team.

Tom’s ability to communicate with clarity and honesty is greatly valued by his clients. He prides himself on the firm’s culture; clients before money, and his integrity and genuine compassion for injured clients is evident in every matter he conducts. Tom has been involved in literally hundreds of compensation cases, including Rogers v Whitaker, a landmark Medical Negligence claim which set a precedent for the duty of doctors towards their patients for foreseeable risk. He was also involved in reported Motor Vehicle Accident cases, Marsland v Andjelic, Dell v Dalton, Stubbs v NRMA, and Ryan v Pledge, along with numerous other high profile cases.

Tom has traveled the world to meet with injured clients, including the United States, England, the West Indies and a large part of Europe. He recently travelled to Samoa to investigate an accident involving an Australian woman who was injured when a wooden utility pole fell on her car in Apia, killing her husband and rendering her a quadriplegic. He is now bringing an action against Samoa’s electricity power corporation, having located witnesses and investigated the accident location. He also successfully sued a plane manufacturer in Mobile, Alabama, acting for a client who suffered spinal injuries in a light plane crash in Sydney.

“My experience with Tom was that he was very warm, very friendly and personable, which made it really easy to share information with him. I was not left wondering at any point about what was going to be going on. I had all of the information every step of the way.” Bronwyn Harrison.

Tom is actively involved in the community, sponsoring a female wheelchair basketball team, The Goudkamp Gladiators, which has a number of players in the Australian team, and regularly donating to Wheelchair Sports NSW. Stacks/Goudkamp also donates equipment to the Prince of Wales Hospital. The father of three adult children, Tom is a member of the Royal Sydney Golf Club and plays golf every week (current handicap of 21), in addition to playing competition tennis at Rawson Park in Mosman. Married to a successful Interior Decorator/Colourist, Tom shares his wife’s love of the arts, particularly painting.

Tom is an experienced and compassionate solicitor who is dedicated to ensuring that his clients receive a just result. 

Tom's community involvment includes:

• Sponsors female wheelchair basketball team, The Goudkamp Gladiators
• Involved in fundraising for Wheelchair Sports NSW