4915 48th St, Suite 200, PO Box 818, Yellowknife, NT
Year called to bar: 2014 (NT); 2014 (NU); 2015 (AB); 2011 (BC)
Toby advises private and public sector clients on litigation and regulatory matters. He provides advice on environmental, energy, mining, land, construction, public utility and Indigenous law issues. Based in Yellowknife, Toby advises clients throughout Western Canada and the North, including all three Territories. Toby also provides strategic advice to government and private sector proponents on public law and project matters, including environmental assessment, consultation with Indigenous peoples, and regulatory permitting. Toby has appeared as counsel before various administrative tribunals, superior courts, appellate courts, and three times before the Supreme Court of Canada. Toby also has an interest in defamation law, in that it poses a limitation on freedom of speech. Toby was named a Lexpert Rising Star in 2021, is recognised by Chambers Canada for General Business Law in Northern Canada and Arctic, and Best Lawyers in Canada for Administrative and Public Law. Toby is called at the Yukon (2019), Alberta (2015), Northwest Territories (2014), and Nunavut (2014) Bars.