Work Department

Associate. Civil Litigation.

Position

Toby Wilton has extensive experience acting for individuals whose human rights have been breached by, or who have suffered injuries at the hands of the State.

Toby currently works alongside Daniel Machover, Helen Stone and Ellie Cornish on behalf of a group of the bereaved, survivors and former residents of Grenfell Tower in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and associated civil litigation.

Toby has extensive experience representing individuals who have been failed by state bodies, including those failed by the criminal justice system and who have lost loved ones in the care of the State. Toby’s work has included assisting bereaved families with inquests and bringing private law claims for compensation and public law claims for judicial review on behalf of prisoners, including cases involving discrimination in prison.

Toby is passionate about using the law to help his clients, assisting them to assert their rights, hold the more powerful to account and gain some acknowledgement of their experiences.

Education

University of Oxford (2011) - History BA (Hons). Oxford Brookes University (2012) – GDL (School of Law Diploma Prize). BPP University Law School (2017) – LPC (Distinction)