Undergraduate degree:
BA (Hons) St John’s College, Dunelm
Post Graduate degree:
Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Nottingham Law School
BVC, Nottingham Law School
Diplock Scholar in Diploma and BVC years
Practice:
Oliver Willmott specialises in the following areas:
Housing & Residential Landlord & Tenant:
Oliver Willmott acts for both landlords and tenants having experience of the following areas-
- nuisance possession hearings, including claims for a demoted tenancy, and claims in which the factual allegations are many and extend over a period of years, notably appearing for the local authority in the lengthy case of Bristol City Council v Hodgkins;
- appeals to the County Court pursuant to section 204/204A of the Housing Act 1996 and
- obtaining ASBOs (both on freestanding applications and in applications associated to other proceedings) and ASBOs.
Crime:
Oliver Willmott prosecutes and defends with a particular interest in regulatory offences and cases of money laundering and fraud. He has experience of the following areas-
- regulatory work including: offences contray to the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, Trademark offences, Food Safety Act offences and Waste Management Offences;
- fraud including offences contrary to the Insolvency Act 1986 and Companies Act 1985; also benefit fraud and
- money laundering.
Reported case:
R v Kai Bowering [2005] EWCA 3215; [2006] 2 Cr.App.R.(S.) 10; [2006] 1 Archbold News 4; CLW/06/08/11
Other Interests:
Fugue, theology & food
