Toby Graham > Farrer & Co > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Farrer & Co
66 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3LH
England

Living Wage

Work Department

Disputes.

Position

Toby is head of Farrer & Co’s Contentious Trusts and Estates group. He specialises in contentious trusts and estates, usually of high-value with international elements. He has been involved in trusts disputes before courts in England, The Bahamas, Bermuda, BVI, Cayman, Cyprus, Guernsey, Jersey, Singapore, Switzerland and TCI. He has experience of a broad range of disputes such as third party claims; validity issues; breach of trust; Hastings Bass; applications for approval under VTA; disputes over investment performance; Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975; validity challenged to wills. Toby is co-editor of Trusts & Trustees published by Oxford University Press; a member of the editorial board of Wills & Trusts Law Reports; a co-editor of “A Practical Guide to the Transfer of Trusteeships” (2nd ed) published by STEP and is the author of the course notes for the STEP Certificate in Trust Disputes.

Career

Called to the Bar in 1989 (Tancred Scholar); admitted to solicitor February 1992; trained with Simmons & Simmons 1989 to 1994; Taylor Joynson Garrett/Taylor Wessing 1994-2007 (partner October 1999 and Head of Contentious Trusts & Estates Group 2003).

Memberships

Trust Law Committee; STEP Contentious Trusts and Estates Special Interest Group (Chair); International Academy of Estate and Trust Law; STEP; ACTAPS.

Education

University of East Anglia.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate

(Hall of Fame)

Toby GrahamFarrer & Co

Farrer & Cocombines boutique firm client service, with city law quality’. The ‘heavyweight’ team is ‘at the top of its game’ and is ably co-led by Toby Graham and Jeremy Gordon. The department is best known for its work on complex and high-value disputes with an international dimension, which often set legal precedents. It is regularly involved in many of the largest trust and estates disputes, frequently involving values of several billion pounds. The firm’s stable of domestic and international ultra-high-net-worth clients also includes trust companies and fiduciaries. Joanna Poole advises trustees and beneficiaries on the full range of onshore and offshore contentious matters. Charlotte Fraser specialises in international trusts, probate, and succession disputes. Henrietta Mason is another leading member of the group, along with Elizabeth Sainsbury. Tom McPhail also garners praise for his work in this space. Joseph de Lacey left the firm in December 2023 and is now at Fieldfisher.