Robina Omar
Call 1991 | Barrister
About
Robina is an experienced chancery/commercial and general common law practitioner; and has over 20 years of legal experience in her practice areas. She enjoys working closely with her clients and her pragmatic and client focused approach ensures positive outcomes at all times.
Robina understands the imperative of providing sound tactical advice to ensure that negotiations and mediations are attempted at an early stage to secure the best possible outcome for her clients, which is both commercially sound and cost effective. She has experience acting as advocate in mediations.
She is commended for her ability to master vast amount of paper work at short notice for her attention to detail and tenacious advocacy resulting in work by recommendation.
Employment Law
Unfair, Constructive and Wrongful Dismissal, Redundancy and Re-Organisation; Race, Sex, Disability, Gender, Age Discrimination and Harassment Claims/ TUPE Disputes/ Unlawful Deduction Claims/ Holiday Pay Claims/ Maternity and Paternity leave issues/ Interim applications/ Discovery applications/ Assessment of Damages and Contributory Fault Claims.
She has represented both the Claimants and the Respondent from 1 day trials to 3 week trials to include appeals. She also has extensive experience in advising in all the above categories to include drafting of legal documents and Letters Before Action.
Ancillary Relief
Experienced in High Court and County Court Claims small to high value claims, from first appearance to appeals/ Cases involving overseas assets and employments/ freezing injunctions/ setting aside disposition application / inter family trusts/ third party interests and claims by interveners/ pre-nuptial, pre-separation and post separation agreements/ pension equalization/ foreign marriages and divorces.
Personal Injury
Cases involving RTA (Motor Insurance Claims), Fraud, credit hire; Employers and Public liability cases, Claims arising out of nuisance, this area compliments employment law and landlord tenant of practice which frequently has a personal injury dimension.
Chancery and Commercial Work
All aspects of traditional and commercial chancery work both contentious and non-contentious.
Commercial Work
Company Insolvency and Bankruptcy law: This includes from setting aside statutory demands to appeals/annulment of bankruptcy orders/ IVAs and CVAs to claims against the Official Receivers, Trustees and Challenges to Costs of Liquidators/ Actions Against and By Directors/ Freezing and Interim Injunctions application to include Property Preservation orders. Drafting to include shareholder agreements, Marketing and Franchise Agreements. Her traditional Chancery work practice covers: Property and Land Disputes: Restrictive Covenants/ Boundary Disputes/ Rights Of Way ad Light/ Easements/ Adverse Possession/ Title Claims/ Registrations/ Charges/ Conveyance/ Mortgages Wills, Trusts- expressed, implied and constructive-/ Probate and Administration of estate claims/ Inheritance Act Claims/ TOLATA Claims/ Claims against Trustees for breach of fiduciary Partnership disputes and Franchise Agreements.
Landlord and Tenant
Has vast experience in this area to include Property Chamber advocacy Residential and commercial to include drafting of lease, licences and sublet agreements. Possession claims/ Section 8 and Section 21 Claims/ Claims against Assured and Secured Tenants/ Forfeiture claims/ relief from Forfeiture claims/ Disrepair claims/ Service Charge disputes/ Claims for Failure to protect Deposit/ Harassment and Succession Claims and Right To Buy claims. All Business Tenancy Claims under the 1954 Act/ Renewal Claims, Rent Review Claims/ Dilapidation Claims / Compensation for improvement Claims/ Right to Renewal of long Lease/ Permission to Sub-let/ Assign or make Structural Alteration Claims.
Construction and Contract Law
Building disputes, sale and supply of services contracts and consumer contracts.
Ola Popoola
Family Advocate
Ola is a solicitor of England & Wales and he is a Senior caseworker under the Law Society Immigration and Asylum Accreditation.
Prior to his admission as a solicitor, Ola was an OISC Level 3 adviser. Ola has vast experience of dealing with all areas of Immigration & Asylum law, particularly Human Rights and Judicial review. He has represented clients at the First-Tier & Upper Tribunals. He has also been involved in the training and supervision of caseworkers.
Ola also has experience of representing clients in family law proceedings. He is keen to represent clients both remote & in person for the following type of court hearings;
- Non Molestation Order & Occupation Order applications;
- Directions Hearings for Section 8 applications such as child arrangements, specific issue, prohibited steps, special guardianships
- Fact finding hearings in Child Arrangements applications
- First Appointment (FDA) hearing, interim applications and the financial dispute resolution hearing in financial remedy order proceedings.
Ola is a big football and tennis fan. He enjoys good food & good music, in his spare time he is a disc jockey at parties and events.
