Toby Fisher

Practice Areas

Public international law

Private international law

Public and regulatory law

Environmental law

ESG

Career

Barrister with more than 15 years experience at the London Bar, combined with three years as Deputy Director, International Law for the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Toby has acted at all levels in the UK domestic system up to the Supreme Court, as well as in cases before the International Court of Justice, European Court of Human Rights, and Inter-American Court of Human Rights. He has led communications to UN Treaty Bodies and complaints to the National Contact Points of the OECD and to the World Bank’s Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman.

Toby acts for States, government departments, corporates, NGOs and individuals. He is on the UK Attorney-General's panels for both public international law and public law.

Publications

• Garner’s Environmental Law (LexisNexis): chapters on climate change law, carbon pricing and climate-related reporting.

• Human Rights Practice (Simor, ed): chapter on freedom of expression

• National Security Law, Practice and Procedure (Ward and Blundell, 2nd ed): chapter on sanctions

• Judicial Review (Supperstone, Goudie and Walker): chapter on judicial review procedure

• UN Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death: coordinator/contributing author