Toby Graham

Practice Areas

Toby specialises in contentious trusts and estates, usually of high-value with international elements. He has recently been involved in trust disputes before courts in England, The Bahamas, Bermuda, BVI, Cayman, Cyprus, Guernsey, Jersey, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and TCI.

Head of Farrer & Co’s contentious trusts and estates group, Toby has experience of a broad range of disputes such as third party claims; validity issues; breach of trust; Hastings Bass; applications for approval under VTA; disputes over investment performance; Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 and validity challenged to wills.

Toby works with an international network of experienced advisers, ensuring his clients receive first class advice within their jurisdiction.

Professional Memberships

Toby is a member of the Trust Law Committee, the Chair of the STEP Contentious Trusts and Estates Special Interest Group and a member of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law.

Publications

Toby has, since 2007, co-edited Trusts & Trustees (published by Oxford University Press), is a member of the editorial board of Wills & Trusts Law Reports; is a co-editor of "A Practical Guide to the Transfer of Trusteeships" (3rd ed, published by Globe Law and Business), is the author of the course notes for the STEP Certificate in Trust Disputes (3rd edition), the editor of International Guide to Money Laundering Law and Practice (2nd edition, Butterworths) and co-author (with Nicholas Elliott QC and Evan Bell) of 'Money Laundering' (2003, Butterworths Compliance Series).