Toby Graham

Toby is head of Farrer & Co's Contentious Trusts and Estates group. He specialises in contentious trusts and estates, usually of high-value with international elements. He has been involved in trusts disputes before courts in England, The Bahamas, Bermuda, BVI, Cayman, Cyprus, Guernsey, Jersey, Singapore, Switzerland and TCI. He 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; validity challenged to wills. Toby is co-editor of Trusts & Trustees published by Oxford University Press; a member of the editorial board of Wills & Trusts Law Reports; a co-editor of “A Practical Guide to the Transfer of Trusteeships” (2nd ed) published by STEP and is the author of the course notes for the STEP Certificate in Trust Disputes. · Farrer & Co

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Toby Graham is Head of Farrer & Co's Contentious Trusts and Estates group, specialising in high-value contentious trusts and estates with international elements. He has acted in trust disputes before courts in England and multiple offshore and international jurisdictions and is co-editor of Trusts & Trustees (Oxford University Press), a member of the editorial board of Wills & Trusts Law Reports, co-editor of A Practical Guide to the Transfer of Trusteeships (2nd ed, STEP) and author of the course notes for the STEP Certificate in Trust Disputes.

Practice areas

Contentious Trusts & EstatesPrivate ClientProbateLitigationCross-Border Trusts

Office

England

Farrer & Co · Toby is head of Farrer & Co's Contentious Trusts and Estates group. He specialises in contentious trusts and estates, usually of high-value with international elements. He has been involved in trusts disputes before courts in England, The Bahamas, Bermuda, BVI, Cayman, Cyprus, Guernsey, Jersey, Singapore, Switzerland and TCI. He 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; validity challenged to wills. Toby is co-editor of Trusts & Trustees published by Oxford University Press; a member of the editorial board of Wills & Trusts Law Reports; a co-editor of “A Practical Guide to the Transfer of Trusteeships” (2nd ed) published by STEP and is the author of the course notes for the STEP Certificate in Trust Disputes.

England

Expertise

High-value contentious trusts and estatesCross-border trust disputes (England and offshore jurisdictions including Bahamas, Bermuda, BVI, Cayman, Cyprus, Guernsey, Jersey, Singapore, Switzerland, TCI)Third-party claimsBreach of trustHastings-Bass claimsApplications under the Variation of Trusts Act (VTA)Investment performance disputesFamily provision claims (Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975)Will validity challenges

Education

University of East Anglia

Admissions

Called to the Bar (1989)
Admitted as a solicitor (February 1992)