Gary Oliver
Senior Clerk
+44 (0) 207 822 7325
Femi accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ practice. Recent highlights of Femi’s experience include assisting with the following significant cases:
From October 2022 to February 2023, Femi undertook a secondment with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, where he sat in the sanctions team and provided advice to FCDO staff on UN and UK domestic sanctions.
Prior to undertaking his pupillage with Blackstone Chambers, Femi was Judicial Assistant to Lord Justice Haddon-Cave for the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Femi has also worked on climate change for the United Nations Global Compact in New York, and in the Enforcement team of the Financial Conduct Authority.
While studying for the Bar, Femi was a Legal Assistant to Stephen Hockman QC at Six Pump Court (focusing on environmental and regulatory law) and represented claimants before the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) as a volunteer for the Free Representation Unit.
Femi accepts instructions in all areas of commercial law.
Advising in a proposed claim against a large private hospital for fraudulent misrepresentation and setting aside a settlement agreement (assisting Victoria Windle QC).
Advised claimant in a High Court trademarks claim (assisting Fraser Campbell).
Acted for the Claimants in a multi-jurisdictional fraud claim against 17 separate defendants, for damages of more than $1 billion. Assisted in a worldwide freezing order application and advised on issues of limitation, characterisation of loss and conflict of laws (assisting Victoria Windle QC).
Acting for the Claimant in a breach of contract/quantum meruit claim arising from the supply and purchase of PPE equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic (assisting Victoria Windle QC).
Acted for the claimants in a procedural hearing in an ongoing LCIA Arbitration where the claimants seek to recover the costs of defending proceedings brought in New York in breach of an arbitration agreement (assisting Fraser Campbell).
Acting for the proposed claimant in a prospective arbitration under the LCIA Rules 2020 regarding the termination of a multimillion-dollar License, Supply and Marketing Agreement for a chemotherapy drug (assisting Victoria Windle QC).
Acted for the petitioner in an unfair prejudice claim against five respondents where it is alleged that the respondents transferred away the company's most valuable asset without the petitioner's consent and at an undervalue (assisting Fraser Campbell).
Acted for the defendant in an ongoing High Court claim for breach of a joint venture agreement (assisting Fraser Campbell).
Successfully acted for the claimant in a claim for breach of an asset swap agreement and breach of fiduciary duties (assisting Fraser Campbell).
Successfully acted for the defendant in a claim for breach of an oral indemnity agreement (assisting Fraser Campbell).
Femi accepts instructions in all areas of civil fraud.
Successfully acted to secure the discharge of a Worldwide Freezing Order against two companies (with Fraser Campbell).
Acted for multiple defendants in a civil fraud case where it is alleged that the defendants dishonestly conspired with a former employee of the claimant in order to purchase valuable properties which should have been available for purchase by the claimant (assisting Fraser Campbell).
Advising in a proposed claim against a large private hospital for fraudulent misrepresentation and setting aside a settlement agreement (assisting Victoria Windle QC).
Acted for the Claimants in a multi-jurisdictional fraud claim against 17 separate defendants, for damages of more than $1 billion. Assisted in a worldwide freezing order application and advised on issues of limitation, characterisation of loss and conflict of laws (assisting Victoria Windle QC).
Femi accepts instructions in all areas of public & regulatory law.
Acted for the Secretary of State in a proposed judicial review of alleged failure to comply with his data protection obligations in relation to a high-profile scheme (assisting Fraser Campbell).
For Russia Today in the Court of Appeal considering the application of Ofcom's impartiality rules to major news events such as the Salisbury poisoning and the war in Syria (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Acted for the Secretary of State for Transport and the Traffic Commissioner for the East of England in an appeal against a decision of the Traffic Commissioner which found that the claimants were not of good repute in relation to an application under the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 (assisting Fraser Campbell).
Advised the MHRA in a proposed judicial review of its alleged failure to properly categorise a biomedical research company under domestic and EU law (assisting Fraser Campbell).
For the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Health in a judicial review of appointments to positions critical to the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Femi accepts instructions in all areas of EU & competition law.
Advising on public and EU law issues arising in complex High Court group litigation involving allegations of unfair trading, breach of statutory duty, and deceit (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Femi accepts instructions in all areas of civil liberties & human rights law.
Successfully acted for an Afghan national who was granted asylum in the UK as a child in a family reunion case (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Femi accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers' arbitration practice.
Representing the Premier League (unled) in a dispute under the Premier League's Rules before an independent Commission.
Femi accepts instructions in all areas of public international law.
For the UK Government appearing in the European Court of Human Rights on the issue of whether the Convention provides a right to repatriation from war zones (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Application before the European Court of Human Rights concerning the compatibility of the UK litigation costs regime with the right to freedom of expression under Article 10 ECHR (assisting Jason Pobjoy)
Femi accepts instructions in all areas of sanction law.
Acting for the Foreign Office in the one of the first court review challenges to a UK decision to sanction an individual pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.
For the late former President of Egypt, President of Egypt, Mohamed Hosni Elsayed Mubarak, and members of his family successfully annulling sanctions imposed in 2018, 2019 and 2020 (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Femi accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers' arbitration practice.
Acted for the defendant individual in applications for injunctions in respect of restrictive covenants (assisting Craig Rajgopaul).
Acted (unled) for an individual in a direct sex discrimination and harassment claim against her former employee, a member of the FTSE 100.
Femi accepts instructions in all matters relating to data protection, freedom of information, and privacy.
For the Cabinet Office in response to appeal against the ICO's holding that the Cabinet Office was entitled to engage exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Acted for the Secretary of State in a proposed judicial review of alleged failure to comply with his data protection obligations in relation to a high-profile scheme (assisting Fraser Campbell).
Femi accepts instructions in all areas of immigration law.
Successfully acted for an Afghan national who was granted asylum in the UK as a child in a family reunion case (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Femi accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers' arbitration practice.
Acted for the claimants in a procedural hearing in an ongoing LCIA Arbitration where the claimants seek to recover the costs of defending proceedings brought in New York in breach of an arbitration agreement (assisting Fraser Campbell).
Acting for the proposed claimant in a prospective arbitration under the LCIA Rules 2020 regarding the termination of a multimillion-dollar License, Supply and Marketing Agreement for a chemotherapy drug (assisting Victoria Windle QC).
Gray’s Inn, 2019
City Law School, 2019 Academic Excellence Scholar
University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2018-2019 Thouron Scholar
University of Cambridge, 2018 Lucas-Smith Memorial Prize for Law
Queens' College, 2017 – 2018 Exhibition Scholar
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Gary Oliver
Senior Clerk
+44 (0) 207 822 7325
Derek Sutton
Deputy Senior Clerk
+44 (0) 207 822 7327
Adam Sloane
Deputy Senior Clerk
+44 (0) 207 822 7326
Dean Tolman
Clerk
+44 (0) 207 822 7331
Billy Brian
Clerk
+44 (0) 207 822 7339
Marc Armstrong
Clerk
+44 (0) 207 822 7330
Adam Fuschillo
Clerk
+44 (0) 207 822 7329
Danny Compton
Clerk
+44 (0) 207 822 7338
Sophie Reeve
Clerk
+44 (0) 207 822 7324
Rio Sully
Clerk
+44 (0) 207 822 7299