Practice Areas
Toby is the Co-founder of The Guernica 37 Group and Joint Head of Guernica 37 Chambers. He specialises in international criminal and humanitarian law, international terrorism, international commercial law, arbitration, anti-corruption, extradition and mutual legal assistance, and human rights law. He lectures on international criminal law, criminal procedure and human rights law and has provided advice and training to judges, prosecutors, lawyers and law enforcement agencies throughout the Balkans, Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
Toby’s particular area of expertise is international legal obligations and the UN system of protection and in particular pursuing complaints before the UN Special Procedures Branch.
He has appeared before the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh, the European Court of Human Rights, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, the Bosnian War Crimes Chamber, the UN Human Rights Committee and the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights.
Professional Memberships
Bar of England and Wales
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
The Criminal Bar Association
Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales
IBA War Crimes Committee
List of Counsel (Defence/Victims) Kosovo Special Chambers
List of Counsel at the International Criminal Court