Toby Riley-Smith KC

He is a leading silk in the fields of (1) consumer law, (2) environmental law, (3) group litigation, (4) health and safety, (5) inquests/inquiries and (6) product liability. He acts for organisations and individuals in claims, prosecutions, mediations, public inquiries and/or inquests – often representing clients in all of the different processes that follow product failures, accidents or disasters. He has particular expertise in group litigation, having acted in some of the most significant group actions of the last two decades including The Tobacco Litigation, The MMR Vaccine Litigation, The PIP Breast Implant Litigation, The Bodo Oil Pipeline Litigation, The Corin Metal-on-Metal Hip Litigation, The Vaginal Mesch Litigation, the Essure Litigation and the Pan Nox Diesel Emissions Litigation.

Jules Thorne Scholar, Middle Temple (1994). Cal (1995). CEDR accredited mediator (2000). Attorney General's A Panel (2012-2016). Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (2015). Queen's Counsel (2016). Middle Temple Advocacy Trainer (2018). Recorder (Western Circuit) (2019). Standing Counsel (Consumer Law) to the Competition and Markets Authority (2021).

PIBA, COMBAR, Medico-Legal Society and Health and Safety Lawyers' Association.

Contributor to / co-editor of: 'Product Liability Law and Insurance'(2000); Halsbury’s Laws of England (Consumer Credit) (2000); Halsbury's Laws of England (Practice and Procedure) (2001); Blackstone's 'Guide to Consumer Credit Act 2006' (2006); Goode: Consumer Credit Law and Practice (Looseleaf)(2007-018); Butterworths' Commercial and Consumer Law Handbook (2009-2020); The Law of Artificial Intelligence (2nd ed) (Thomson Reuters 2024).

Born 1969; educated Eton College; Trinity College, University of Cambridge; City University; Inns of Court School of Law. Married with three children.