Omololu
Thomas

Omolulu accepts instructions to advise and represent commercial and private clients charged with a range of regulatory offences, including business rates proceedings and a range of local authority prosecutions.

Omolulu’s regulatory practice covers:

• Local authority prosecutions (e.g. licencing and business rates)
• Trading standards and health and safety matters
• Appeals

In the past, he has represented the General Dental Council in a two-day trial at their hearing Centre in London, and worked with The Law Society of England and Wales in defending a solicitor at a two-day hearing in Manchester.

Omolulu is familiar with all aspects of summary only offences and sentencing in the Magistrates Court. He accepts instructions to advise and represent commercial and private clients charged with a range of criminal and regulatory offences. He is also regularly instructed to defend road traffic charges including speeding, driving under the influence, careless and dangerous driving, failure to furnish information and insurance offences. He also accepts instructions to deal with taxi licence appeals. Omolulu’s criminal practice covers the following areas:

• Motoring offences
• Offences related to sex, drugs and violence
• Plea and allocation issues
• Matters for sentencing and mitigation
• Appeals

He has defended in a wide range of cases resulting in acquittals for a significant number of them.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's School of Law Excellence Scholarship, Swansea University (2009)

Yoruba

Omololu accepts instructions to advise and represent clients in relation to a variety of civil proceedings in the County Court and the High Court. The lion's share of his civil litigation practice falls within the following core areas:

• Business and Commercial Law
• Contract and money/debt claims
• Property and Housing
• Landlord & Tenant Law (possession and repossession claims)
• Bankruptcy & Insolvency
• Personal Injury (incl. RTA claims)

He is open to instructions on maritime and shipping law having practiced admiralty law extensively in Nigeria for a substantial period and obtained a master degree in International Maritime Law from a prestigious university in the UK.

Omololu accepts instructions to advise and represent clients in the field of family law with an emphasis on contested Children Act proceedings. His experience of criminal advocacy lends itself very well to his family law practice; he can be relied upon to provide robust representation in contested fact-findings and Final Hearings.

Omololu's family practice typically includes cases featuring the following issues: Child Arrangement Orders

Allegations of:

• Domestic violence
• Substance abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Fact-finding hearings
• Prohibited Steps Orders
• Specific Issue Orders
• Enforcement Applications
• Parental Responsibility
• Non-molestation and Occupation Orders

Omololu also has extensive experience of cases involving allegations of domestic violence and substance abuse with heavy social services and CAFCASS involvement; and is frequently instructed to represent clients in fact-finding hearings. Omololu is also happy to advise and represent clients in relation to injunctive proceedings before the family courts such as applications for non-molestation orders and occupation orders. He will represent both applicants and respondents throughout these proceedings from without notice applications right through to final hearings.

Divorce and Ancillary relief (Matrimonial Finance) In relation to matrimonial finance proceedings, Omololu accepts instructions to represent clients throughout the whole process, from FDA, FDR to Final Hearings, including interim application hearings.

Omololu accepts instructions to advise and represent clients in relation to a variety of immigration proceedings including appeals and immigration bail applications. He has successfully persuaded the Immigration Appeal tribunal to apply the “exceptional circumstances rule” and “the proportionality rule” to a number of cases on appeal against decisions of the Home Office refusing leave to remain. He is often instructed to appear in the First Tier Tribunal.