Professional Liability
Toby is regularly instructed involving all manner of professionals including accountants, brokers, and tax advisors. Toby also acts in respect of claims against lawyers acting and advising on a variety of areas including: property and commercial transactions, the conduct of litigation, cross-border tax structures, criminal prosecutions and data protection.
Examples of his work include:
- Claim against accountants in respect of tax planning on a £200 million development (led by Daniel Shapiro KC).
- Proceedings in relation to negligent design of a luxury residential development causing flooding (led by Daniel Shapiro KC).
- Surveyors negligence claim arising out of the purchase of substantial arts & crafts style property where the loss of value is estimated to be c. £1 million (led by Carlo Taczalski).
- Claim against a solicitor in respect of an alleged Quistclose trust arising out of a property transaction.
- Acted for solicitors in respect of an alleged claim relating to the Claimant’s alleged wrongful conviction of murder.
- Advice in relation to claim against solicitors, following judgment in a commercial court fraudulent misrepresentation claim, alleged to have failed to overreach a charging order on the family home.
- Civil fraud action in respect of various breaches of directors and fiduciary duties on a transaction to defraud creditors. Acting for solicitors alleged to have facilitated the fraud worth c. £4 million.
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
