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Toby Riley-Smith KC KC
Work Department
Consumer law, environmental law, inquests and inquiries, health and safety, and product liability.
Position
He is a leading silk in the fields of (1) consumer law, (2) environmental law, (3) health and safety, (4) inquests/inquiries and (5) 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.
Career
Jules Thorne scholar, Middle Temple 1994; Called 1995; CEDR accredited mediator 2000; Attorney General’s A-Panel 2012; Silk 2016; Recorder 2019; Standing Counsel (Consumer) to the Competition and markets Authority (2021)
Publications:
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).
Memberships
PIBA, COMBAR, Medico-Legal Society and Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association.
Personal
Born 1969; educated Eton College; Trinity College, University of Cambridge; City University; Inns of Court School of Law. Married with three children.
Leisure
My family.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Product liability
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Toby Riley-Smith KC –Henderson Chambers ‘Toby has excellent experience in all the major product liability group actions over the last twenty years. He has an impeccable eye for detail, a calm and sensible approach to problems and an attractive advocacy style. He is currently one of the most sought-after players in the field.’
London Bar > Group litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Toby Riley-Smith KC – Henderson Chambers ‘Toby has excellent experience in all the major product liability group actions over the last two decades. He has an impeccable eye for detail, a calm and sensible approach to problems and an attractive advocacy style. He is one of the currently one of the most sought after players in the field.’
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4London Bar > Health and safety
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Toby Riley-Smith KC –Henderson Chambers ‘Toby is a superb advocate. He works terrifically hard on every case and is meticulously prepared. A concise barrister with exceptionally good judgement.’
Henderson Chambers is ‘a fantastic health and safety set‘, with ‘significant strength‘ in handling a broad spectrum of high-profile, complex cases. Oliver Campbell KC has an excellent track record in advising on high-profile corporate manslaughter and fatal accident prosecutions. Prashant Popat KC recently acted for a bar operator in a Health and Safety at Work Act case after a young woman was crushed to death while queueing to enter a busy venue. Toby Riley-Smith KC is sought after by clients in, among other areas, the retail, energy, construction, life sciences, oil and gas and education sectors.
London Bar > Financial services and fintech regulation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Toby Riley-Smith KC –Henderson Chambers ‘Toby is particularly gifted in explaining complex legal matters to the client in a logical and simple manner. His tone is thoughtful and he is very knowledgeable in consumer credit.’
Henderson Chambers’ members have increasingly been called upon to advise on the FCA and FSMA regulatory regime, while also advising on financial products regulated by consumer credit legislation and unfair business to consumer practices. Toby Riley-Smith KC, who is ‘particularly gifted in explaining complex legal matters in a logical and simple manner’, offers a wealth of experience in litigation involving consumer credit and hire agreements. Thomas Samuels is frequently instructed to provide non-contentious regulatory advice, while William Hibbert is particularly well regarded for his expertise in consumer credit and consumer-facing financial services, such as regulated credit and secured borrowing.