Toby is a family law solicitor and a director at Switalskis. He is based in our Sheffield office and services clients across Yorkshire and London. He is a trained collaborative divorce lawyer.

Toby represents separating couples on matters including financial dispute resolution, private children matters, divorce and separation.

For clients wanting alternative dispute resolutions and to avoid court during their divorce Toby is a trained collaborative divorce solicitor. This offers clients an interest based, non-court process, where progress is made in four-way meetings. The collaborative meeting includes you, your ex and your collaborative trained lawyers whose aim is to reach an amicable agreement reflecting each party’s priorities and interests avoiding hard positions.

Toby is experienced in divorces within farming where the separation involved owned and tenanted farming assets. He also advises clients with a family-owned business and has a thorough understanding of the dynamics of family businesses and the needs of separating couples where a family business is involved.

Toby is listed as a Leading Lawyer by Wiselaw

APPROACH

Toby is supportive, honest and objective. He is solutions focused and keen to keep clients out of court where possible.

Toby is happy to use non-court-based mechanisms such as collaborative law, mediation or private financial dispute resolution.

He has a measured and calm approach at a particularly difficult time in people’s lives.

EXPERIENCE

Toby is a specialist in his field.  He has memberships, accreditations and qualifications including:

• Financial arrangements in divorce and dissolution
• Children disputes, including domestic abuse, contact arrangments and maintenance payments
• Cohabitation and prenuptial agreements
• Property dispiutes between unmarried couples including TOLATA
• Farming and agricultural landholdings upon divorce
• A trained collaborative divorce solicitor
• Alternative dispute resolution in family matters
• Toby was appointed by the Official Solicitor in a complex financial remedy case involving a client with an acquired brain injury
• Toby is a Resolution member meaning he is committed to the constructive resolution of family disputes
• He is also a Law Society assessor for specialist accreditation and advanced specialist accreditation in family law