Morayo Fagborun Bennett
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Position
Morayo is a specialist landlord and tenant and real property barrister, with a particular interest and experience as an advocate, in discrimination cases.
Her strong residential L&T practice derives from her background in social housing, local government and public law. Therefore, she is uniquely placed to handle complicated issues arising in mixed use property developments, whether involving the residential, commercial or social housing units.
A graduate in philosophy and theology from St Hilda’s College, Oxford, Morayo is a recommended Social Housing junior in the latest edition of Chambers UK and Legal 500. She is the author of Chapter 9 “Hoarders and Nuisance neighbours” in the online Lexis Nexis book Social Housing Law in Practice, a Consulting Editorial Board Member for Public Law and Local Government with Lexis PSL and a member of the Metropolitan Police legal services panel.
Morayo represented the commercial tenant in Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 1521 (construction of certification provision in commercial lease), Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd [2020] EWHC 1263 (Ch) (19 May 2020) and Sara Hossein Asset Holding Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Limited [2019] EWHC 3414 (Ch) (9 December 2019). Other cases of interest include Charalambous v Ng [2014] EWCA Civ 1604 (tenancy deposit schemes), Coope v Ward [2015] EWCA Civ 30 (easement of support and measured duty of care), and Farah v Hillingdon LBC [2014] EWCA Civ 359 (homelessness).
During the Coronavirus pandemic Morayo has provided useful updates and analysis for landlord and tenant and social housing practitioners, which is available here.
Morayo was appointed as a Deputy District Judge on the Northern Eastern Circuit and as a Chair of the Valuation Tribunal for England in 2020.