Speaker details

Biography

Toby is Head of Outline Chambers. Toby was the Co-founder of the G37 Group and served as Joint Head of Guernica 37 Chambers from 2016-2026. He is an established international law specialist in the areas of public international law, international commercial law, arbitration, extradition, asset recovery, and sanctions. He has provided advice and training to judges, prosecutors, lawyers and law enforcement agencies throughout the Balkans, Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. He has appeared and been instructed in matters before the Courts of England and Wales, International Criminal Court, ICTY, Kosovo Specialist Chambers, International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh, European Court of Human Rights, Bosnian State Court, the UN Human Rights Committee, the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights and domestic and international institutions subject to most of the major arbitral rules, including UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA, PCA, ICSID, LMAA, ADGM, DIFC, and CIArb. ​ As an extradition specialist he acts for the prosecution and defence advising and representing individuals, requesting judicial authorities and governments in extradition proceedings both at first instance hearings and extradition appeals in the High Court, Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights. He is currently instructed in a number of matters before the Administrative Court of England and Wales, the European Court of Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Committee. ​ He has provided expert evidence and statements in parliamentary, legal and arbitration proceedings in the United Kingdom, European Parliament, United Nations, United States Congress, ICSID, LCIA and World Bank in a number of conflict and post-conflict situations including Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, India, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Kosovo, Libya, Maldives, Montenegro, Myanmar, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Syria, Trinidad & Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United States of America and Yemen. ​ Toby advises on judicial reform, legislative drafting and institution building in Albania, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burma (Myanmar), Croatia, Lebanon, Macedonia, Madagascar, Montenegro, Rwanda, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen. He acts for a number of clients in pro-bono matters in foreign jurisdictions, in particular concerning British nationals abroad. He advises foreign governments, law enforcement agencies, international organisations, corporations and private individuals to develop professional and transparent institutions that protect human rights, combat corruption, and reduce the threat of transborder and transnational crime and develops training curricula for law enforcement, prosecutorial and governmental agencies for the investigation of international crimes.​