Toby is a Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution at Allan Janes. Toby was appointed as a Deputy District Judge on the South Eastern Circuit in 2021. Having originally trained and practiced in London, then Oxford, he has built up considerable experience in all kinds of disputes. Toby is a Solicitor Advocate and regularly appears in Court to represent his clients.Although Toby advises on most civil and commercial disputes, he has developed a specialism in the area of trusts of… Show more Toby is a Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution at Allan Janes. Toby was appointed as a Deputy District Judge on the South Eastern Circuit in 2021. Having originally trained and practiced in London, then Oxford, he has built up considerable experience in all kinds of disputes. Toby is a Solicitor Advocate and regularly appears in Court to represent his clients.Although Toby advises on most civil and commercial disputes, he has developed a specialism in the area of trusts of land, restrictive covenants over land, and claims of proprietary estoppel.Toby acts for a wide range of clients, including, multinational organisations, SMEs, commercial landlords, farmers, landowners as well as private individuals. Toby is a member of the Property Litigation Association, the Solicitors’ Association of Higher Court Advocates, and the Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists. He has been published in the New Law Journal on the subject of legal costs on discontinuance. Toby is passionate about mediation as an alternative to litigation, and regularly writes and speaks on the subject. He is one of ADR Group’s Panel Mediators and thoroughly enjoys the process, no matter how entrenched the parties find themselves at the outset. He firmly believes that listening is a lost art and can often be the key to understanding people and conflict generally. A favourite quote of Toby’s is of Winston Churchill: “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”In the wealth of free-time that being a father of three young children affords, Toby enjoys reading, cooking and most sports. Show less

Completed training contract and qualified into Litigation Department.