BABATUNDE AKINYANJU

Babatunde is a legal adviser at the East London Family Court. He advises lay justices in all aspects of Public and Private Law including Child Arrangements Orders, Adoption and Family Law Act matters (Non-Molestation and Occupation Orders) Babs read law at the University of Lagos and was called to the Nigerian Bar in March 1988. He requalified as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in June 1995. Over the past 28 years Babs has specialised in criminal litigation, family proceedings, licensing and civil litigation. In the course of his career he has trained Met. Police Officers, Women’s Refuge Groups and members of the Nigerian Judiciary. In 2014 Babs took a career break and worked as an independent consultant in the law and education sectors in Nigeria. Babs was chair of BNLF from 2009-2015 and is currently its Treasurer. He is a member of the Justices Clerks’ Society; Law Society of England and Wales and Nigerian Bar Association