Toby Atkinson

Practice Areas

Toby advises clients in relation to a broad range of family law issues arising on the breakdown of marriage or cohabitation, with an emphasis on the financial claims that arise on divorce. He has particular experience of international cases, often involving jurisdiction disputes.

Toby has significant expertise in cases concerning highly contested contact arrangements. He is an experienced practitioner in the field of international child abduction and is regularly instructed in cases concerning applications under the Hague Convention, applications for permission to relocate and decisions about a child’s habitual residence.

On the non-contentious side, Toby regularly advises in relation to pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, cohabitation contracts and asset protection.

Career

Toby graduated from Edinburgh University in 2001. He joined Stewarts from Charles Russell Speechlys in 2015.

Professional Memberships

Toby is a committed member of Resolution, having been on the London Young Resolution Committee for several years.

Publications

Toby is a regular contributor of articles to legal publications and the wider media, and has been featured in the Times, the Financial Times, Spear’s, Citywealth and the New Law Journal.