Olliers

Partner

Partner

Toby is a highly experienced solicitor having worked for Olliers for over 30 years. He works mainly as a litigator but also has experience having worked as an advocate in the Magistrates’ Court, Crown Court and Court of Appeal. Due to this experience, he often prepares cases with some complexity or cases that involve unusual areas of law, including pre-charge and post-charge representations. 

Toby has worked on a wide variety of serious cases including historical sex offences, conspiracy to supply drugs and murders. He is particularly interested in computer related crime and has worked on several ‘hacking’ and NCA led ‘dark web’ cases. This has included global drug dealing on the Silk Road website and other similar sites. Domestic Allegations He also undertakes a lot of work on intra-familial domestic allegations where a former partner has alleged that a client has committed a variety of offences (often including sexual offence allegations, coercive control and assaults) against them. This work can be complex and emotive and can include liaising with family solicitors as it is often suspected that the allegations may be being used as a mechanism to gain advantage in family proceedings. 

Toby has represented clients facing prosecution for regulatory offences, including Trademark allegations. Pre-charge engagement Since the introduction of the Attorney General’s Guidelines in 2020  Toby has embraced pre-charge work. Pre-charge work involves liaising with the Police and CPS at the investigation stage of an allegation. This makes the process more balanced and enables us to make representations either that the allegations should not be prosecuted or to suggest an out of court disposal may be more appropriate than a prosecution. Due to his experience in this developing area, he has created an accreditation scheme that he uses to teach colleagues how to approach such work. 

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