Commercial
Examples of Toby’s work include:
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- Business interruption insurance arbitration in relation to group action claim against insurers (led by Andrew Rigney KC)
- Advised on developments in respect of Covid-19 coverage following the judgments in Stonegate Pub Company Ltd. v MS Amlin Corporate Member Ltd. and Others [2022] EWHC 2548 (Comm), Various Eateries Trading Ltd. v Allianz Insurance Plc [2022] EWHC 2549 (Comm) and Greggs Plc v Zurich Insurance Plc [2022] WHC 2545 (Comm) (led by Ben Quiney KC and James Sharpe)
- Claim against accountants in respect of tax planning on a £200 million development (led by Daniel Shapiro KC)
- Advised on a multi-party mediation relating to a property development leading to substantial damage to underground services infrastructure (led by Daniel Shapiro KC)
- Proceedings in relation to negligent design of a luxury residential development causing flooding (led by Daniel Shapiro KC)
- Advice on potential international fraud claim arising out of misappropriation of funds from Dubai and BVI companies
- Advice in relation to claim against solicitors alleged to have failed to overreach a charging order on the family home following judgment in a fraudulent misrepresentation claim
- Proceedings in relation to allegedly negligent agronomist advice on a commercial farm said to have caused crop to fail.
- Advising a fitness centre as to flood damage and the responsibility for repairs under a commercial lease and related management contracts
- Advisory work regarding the enforceability of a commercial guarantee against a company director alleged to have suffered undue influence
- Proceedings relating to the construction of a bespoke race car for a former celebrity DJ
- Proceedings to recover sums paid pursuant to an unauthorised directors’ loan account
- Advised in relation to a fire at a storage facility and potential claims against the owners and the neighbouring premises where the fire began
Selected Cases
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Qualifications
- City University, BPTC, 2019, Very Competent; Lincoln’s Inn Denning Scholar (2018)
- University of Bristol, LLB, 2015-2018, First Class
Memberships
- COMBAR
