Lincoln’s Inn
"Oliver Willmott is a leading junior on serious criminal cases and is developing a strong regulatory practice." - Legal 500 2011
Oliver Willmott is a barrister who combines a flair for advocacy with a talent for analysing the often highly technical provisions that create regulatory offences, an area in which he has a particular interest, together with cases of money laundering and fraud.
Oliver defends a wide range of persons and companies and has prosecuted regulatory offences as a member of the Attorney-General’s Unified List of Prosecuting Advocates for DBERR (now BIS), DEFRA, the Food Standards Agency and the Health & Safety Executive. He is especially known for his ability to argue difficult technical points in a clear and compelling way. He combines these qualities with approachability and a willingness to give frank and practical advice on complicated issues at short notice.
Qualifications:
Undergraduate Degree
BA (Hons) St John’s College, Dunelm
Post-graduate Qualifications
Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Nottingham Law School
BVC, Nottingham Law School
(Diplock Scholar in Diploma and BVC years)
Areas of Practice:
Oliver’s practice has given him experience of the following areas:
Environmental (see also under agriculture)
· Polluting a water course (Water Resources Act 1991)
· Waste dumping (Environmental Protection Act 1990 / Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991)
Agriculture
· Destruction of protected habitat (Environmental Impact Assessment (Uncultivated Land and Semi-natural Area) (England) Regulations 2001)
· Cattle identification offences (Cattle Identification Regulations 2007)
· Offences involving an egg packing plant (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1907/90 / The Eggs (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1995 / Commission Regulation (EC) No 2295/2003 / the Food Safety Act 1990)
· Gangmaster offences (Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2005)
Company records
· Failing to keep proper records (Companies Act offence)
· Failure to deliver up records (Insolvency Act 1986)
Food safety (see also under agriculture)
· Regulatory breaches in slaughterhouses (Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 / Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006)
· Provision of unsafe food (General Food Regulations 2004 / Food Safety Act 1990)
Health and Safety
· Prosecuting and defending breaches of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
Housing
· Acting for landlords of houses in multiple occupation accused of regulatory breaches (Housing Act 2004; Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (England) Regulations 2006)
Trade mark offences
· Offences contrary to the Trade Mark Act 1994
· Other experience has involved the Video Recordings Act 1984 and the Chiropractors Act 1994.
Additional Areas of Law:
Serious Crime
Fraud including offences contrary to the Insolvency Act 1986 and Companies Act 1985
Benefit fraud
Money laundering
Illegal money lending (Consumer Credit Act 1974)
Proceeds of Crime Act applications
