William Okoya > 4-5 Gray's Inn Square > London, England > Barrister Profile

4-5 Gray's Inn Square
LONDON
WC1R 5AH
England
William Okoya photo

Position

Formerly a senior legal officer for a local authority and legal manager for a large-scale voluntary transfer RSL. He advises and represents both public sector landlords and their tenants. A selection of his reported cases include: R (Couronne v Crawley BC and Secretary of State [2006] EWHC 1514 (Admin) R (Bibi) V Camden LBC [2004] EWHC 2527; Swindon BC v Aston [2002] EWCA Civ 1850; Bond v Leicester City Council [2001] EWCA Civ 1544; [2002] HLR 6; Crawley BC v B (2000) 32 HLR 636; Watford BC v Simpson (2000) 32 HLR, 901, CA: Croydon BC v Maxon Systems Incorporated Ltd [1999] RA 286, QBD.

William advises and represents both public sector landlords and their tenants. He is listed as a leading barrister in housing in Chambers UK and was a senior legal officer for a local authority and a legal manager for a large scale voluntary transfer RSL prior to practice at the Bar.

Career

Called 1989; Gray’s Inn.

Memberships

HLPA, PBA.

  • Housing Law Practitioners’ Association
  • Property Bar Association
  • Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitration