Olufemi Awodele (2002)
Principal Areas
of Practice
Civil/Commercial
Criminal
Housing/Landlord and Tenant
Employment
Olufemi is registered under the Direct Access Scheme
Professional Experience
Prior to commencing practice, Femi worked in the Commercial Disputes Group of a major International Law Firm where he dealt with high value complex matters with a multi-jurisdictional element for many corporate client structures. This laid a foundation for handling high value commercial contracts. He was also responsible for writing the firm's Newsletter in the areas of Intellectual Property, Copyright, Defamation and Media law.
Additionally, he has been a legal adviser at Toynbee Hall Legal Advice Centre in the areas of Contract, Employment, Housing, and Immigration Law. He was also a Duty Advocate at Willesden County Court, representing clients in possession proceedings involving disputes between mortgagors and mortgagees, and multifarious disputes between tenants and private and social landlords.
Femi presently has a mixed practice of criminal and civil law, dealing with complex contractual disputes in the latter.
Civil/Commercial
Commercial: Having acquired the experience of working in the Commercial Disputes Group of a major international law firm, Femi advises and deals with complex commercial and contractual matters between individuals and companies.
Criminal
Femi appears in the Crown Court, Magistrates Court and the Court of Appeal. He has an exclusively defence practice spanning the full range of criminal conduct, including Sexual Assault, Grievous Bodily Harm, Identity Fraud, Possession of Drugs, Criminal damage, and various kinds of offences under the Theft Act, such as robbery, burglary and handling stolen goods.
Housing/Landlord and Tenant
Femi has also developed a practice in the area of Housing Law, dealing with repossessions, disrepair, homelessness and general housing disputes.
Employment
Femi gets instructed to appear at Employment Tribunals for both sides in cases involving Unfair Dismissal, Constructive Dismissal, Wrongful Dismissal and Race Discrimination.
Notable Cases
Civil/Commercial
- Fiote Ltd v Manna Capital Partners (Instructed on behalf of a third party seeking to vary the terms of an International Freezing injunction; Investment of hedge funds and shares, Freezing Injunction to the tune of £360,000)
- Mercy Derinto v Joanne Kim Rolls (as Trustee in Bankruptcy)
- Saad Khedher v Arik International (Conflict of Laws, Breach of Contract, Wrongful Dismissal)
- Ososanya v Oladeji/ Monnix Ltd v Ososanya (Appeared for the Claimant; Commercial Transaction involving the importation of Goods from China)
Criminal
- R v Qinglin Meng 2010 (Court of Appeal) Appeal Against Sentence
- R v Muti Alsalam 2010 (This was the second case in the History of the Identity Cards Act 2006 where a suspended sentence was passed)
- R v Akposheri Irie 2011 (ABH)
- R v Oladipupo Yusuf 2010 (ABH)
- R v Michael Sims and 9 others (Football Fans charged with Racially Aggravated Chanting)
- R v Harrison Robinson (Appeal to the Crown Court [Attempted Kidnap and Assault])
- R v Xiao Shi (Possession of Counterfeit DVDs with Intent)
- R v Rahman Koiki (Sexual Assault and Indecent Exposure)
- R v Roman Strelchuk and Others (Conspiracy to Commit Fraud by placing Metal plates in cash machines)
Employment
- S Skyers v Transport for London 2011 (Appeared for the Claimant; Race Discrimination, Unfair Dismissal, Victimisation)
- M Brewah v ICTS UK Ltd (Appeared for the Claimant; Race Discrimination, Unfair Deduction of Wages)
- Gawda v Edo Restaurant (Appeared for the Respondent; Unfair Dismissal, Wrongful Dismissal and Race Discrimination)
Immigration
- Simone Canzius v Secretary of State for the Home Department 2011 (Judicial Review at the High Court)
- Hans Husson v Secretary of State for the Home Department 2010 (Judicial Review at the High Court)
- Muntaha Sayyah + others v Secretary of State for the Home Department 2010 (Successful Appeal against the deportation of a Syrian woman who was the target of "honour killing".
- J C v Secretary of State for the Home Department 2010 (Appeal against the Deportation of a Gay African man)
Professional Memberships
Member of Grays Inn
Employment Law Bar Association
Criminal Bar Association
Housing Law Practitioners Association
British Nigerian Law Forum
Human Rights Lawyers Association
Commonwealth Lawyers Association.
Education
LLB (Hons), LLM (Masters) Entertainment Law, PG Dip in Law (ICSL)
Languages
Yoruba, Kalabari
Other Interests
Music, Mad about Manchester United, Basketball, Fitness. Femi also holds a Green Belt in Wado-Ryu Karate and loves the Arts, especially Fashion.
