Olamide Ogunrinade

Year of Call: 2004

"Olamide was an amazing barrister. She truly listened to me and on the day of the hearing was incredibly supportive. I would highly recommend her."

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Olamide specialises in family law with an emphasis on all areas that relate to children in public and private law matters.

Olamide accepts instructions from the public as a member of the Public Access Scheme.

Family Law: Children's Law

Overview

Olamide is a compassionate family law advocate and has experience representing parents who are vulnerable due to learning disabilities or their mental health. She has experience in cases where there has been a need for intermediaries and representing parties where English is not their first language.

Care and adoption proceedings

Olamide’s practice involves care proceedings under the Children Act 1989 and adoption proceedings under the Adoption and Children Act 2002. She provides representation from initial application through to multi-day fact-finding and final hearings where parents are facing allegations of unreasonable chastisement, neglect, abuse, non-accidental injury; or where there are concerns about a parent’s mental health and drug/alcohol use. She has represented clients where paternity has been called into question and any subsequent applications to declare their parentage.

Olamide has represented parents seeking leave to oppose the adoption and at fully contested hearings where they have successfully obtained leave to oppose the making of adoption orders. She also has experience with applications for secure accommodation.

Olamide has spent some time in-house at a local authority, giving her in-depth knowledge of the workings of children’s services and informing her representation of parents.

Private children’s law

Olamide is instructed in cases where there are disputes about where children should live and how much contact they should have with a non-resident parent, prohibited steps and specific issue orders.

She provides representation in cases involving allegations of domestic abuse, physical, sexual and emotional abuse, and where there is a need to appoint an r16.4 Guardian. In a recent case, Olamide successfully sought a barring order preventing a party from making any further applications in respect of contact until the child attains the age of 16 pursuant to section 91(14) of the Children’s Act 1989.

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Family Law: Domestic Abuse

Overview

Olamide regularly represents clients in Family Law Act 1996 proceedings, including matters involving allegations of serious domestic abuse. She has experience in seeking or responding to applications for non- molestation orders and occupation orders through to fact-finding hearings and fully contested final hearings.

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Family Law: Divorce and Family Finances

Overview

Olamide is developing a practice in the area of matrimonial finance. She has represented parties at FDA’s, FDR’s, and Final Hearings. She successfully represented a party seeking to enforce an order to sell the matrimonial home which had not been complied with for nearly a decade.

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Defendant acquitted of possession with intent to supply cannabis

Twanieka Alcindor of the Garden Court Crime Team acted for the defendant, instructed by Rukhsana Hayat of Rukhsana Hayat & Co Solicitors.

Wednesday 20 Aug 2025

Legal challenge submitted to European Court of Human Rights on behalf of UK’s first trans judge

Amanda Weston KC and Oscar Davies of Garden Court Chambers are instructed by Trans Legal Clinic, assisted by W Legal, alongside Jenn Lawrence of Monckton Chambers, who are bringing the claim on behalf of Dr Victoria McCloud.

Wednesday 20 Aug 2025

Garden Court Chambers congratulates Access to the Bar for All scholarship recipients

Garden Court Chambers congratulates Abdeldjalile Bouamrane Indiana Thompson, and Shilon Anderson, participants in our Access to the Bar for All scheme.

Friday 15 Aug 2025

Jury acquits defendant of encouraging violent disorder at anti-racist protest

Hossein Zahir KC of the Garden Court Crime Team represented the defendant, instructed by Sajida Malik of Birnberg Peirce.

Friday 15 Aug 2025

Oscar Davies secures £56,000 settlement in discrimination claim for queer employee of drinks retailer

Oscar Davies, barrister at Garden Court Chambers, secured a £56,000 settlement for a senior employee in a dispute with an international drinks retailer following allegations of workplace discrimination, unfair treatment and health-related detriment.

Thursday 14 Aug 2025

Plans for giant intensive poultry unit in Norfolk overturned

Acland Bryant of Garden Court Chambers acted for Coalition Against Factory Farming (CAFF), with Alex Shattock of Landmark Chambers, instructed by Ricardo Gama and Lucia Saborio Perez at Leigh Day.

Thursday 14 Aug 2025

Awards

Champion of Justice Award, London Legal Support Trust; 2014

Blackstone’s Entrance Exhibition Scholar, Middle Temple; 2003

Professional Memberships

  • The Honourable Society of Middle Temple
  • Black Barristers Network (Committee Member)
  • Family Law Bar Association
  • Women in Family Law

Languages

  • Yoruba, a Nigerian dialect (Conversational)
  • French (Conversational)

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