Toby specialises in all areas of family law, including financial settlements on divorce and arrangements for children after parents separate. His financial cases frequently have an international dimension, often involving trusts, inherited wealth, and family businesses. His clients include entrepreneurs, business owners, City professionals, and their spouses/partners.
Toby is equally adept at dealing with highly contested children cases as he is with resolving complex financial disputes. He is an experienced practitioner in the field of international child abduction and is frequently instructed by left-behind parents in both Hague and non-Hague Convention cases, international relocation cases, and jurisdiction disputes. On the non-contentious side, he regularly advises in relation to pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, cohabitation agreements, and wealth protection.
There is a compelling case for reforming cohabitation law. The current system can leave a financially vulnerable partner dependent on property law that was never designed to address the consequences of a family relationship breaking