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Nicholas Isaac KC KC
Work Department
Property litigation
Position
Nicholas Isaac KC is described by Chambers and Partners as “utterly brilliant… and incredibly knowledgeable,” “a compelling advocate” who is “fantastic with clients”. He has extensive experience in all aspects of property litigation, and relishes the challenge of difficult cases, last-minute instructions and novel points.
In addition to party walls, boundaries and easement cases, for which Nick is particularly sought after, Nick has recently acted and advised in cases involving: fraud and breach of trust, commercial lease renewal, restrictive covenants, terminal dilapidations, service charges, relief from forfeiture, houses in multiple occupation, property damage and professional negligence, nuisance (including construction and noise nuisance) and trespass.
Nick’s practice also includes commercial work in which regard recent instructions include a partnership claim on dissolution of the partnership, an unfair prejudice petition and breach of contract by a bank in relation to its customer.
As well as lecturing regularly on various aspects of property law, including party walls and boundary disputes, Nick has written several books, including “The Law and Practice of Party Walls” (now in its 2nd edition) “Where is my boundary?”, “The New Party Wall Casebook“ and, most recently in August 2022, “The Rights of Light Casebook”. Nick also sat on and provided legal input to the RICS sub-committees writing the most recent editions of the RICS’s guidance notes on both party walls and boundaries
Nick has extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution, and is happy to accept instructions to act as a mediator or arbitrator. He also accepts direct access instructions.
Career
Year of Call: 1993
Appointed as Queen Counsel: 2019
Languages
English German (fluent) Chinese / Mandarin (fairly fluent) French (conversational) Spanish (basic)
Memberships
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Chancery Bar Association
- Property Bar Association
- Pyramus & Thisbe Club
Education
Bootham School, York (1979-86); University of Leeds (1986-90 First Class honours in Chinese and German).
Leisure
Running, skiing, hill walking, climbing, tennis.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Property litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Nicholas Isaac KC – Tanfield Chambers ‘A silk who gets stuck into the details, and is easy to work with.’
Tanfield Chambers has a solid track record in advising on the full range of core property disputes. Service charge disputes, enfranchisement matters, right to manage issues and cases brought under the Building Safety Act 2022 have been prominent in the team’s recent workload. Philip Rainey KC appeared in Aviva Investors Ground Rent GP v Williams, a Supreme Court case involving issues of re-apportionment of service charges, while Nicholas Isaac KC and Katie Gray appeared before the Court of Appeal in Power v Shah, a case involving a contested Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (PWA 1996) award. In another matter, Mark Loveday appeared in Avon Ground Rents v Canary Gateway RTM, a Court of Appeal case concerning shared ownership leaseholders’ right to manage. Edward Denehan, Philip Brown and Timothy Cowen are three of twelve members who joined from 9 Stone Buildings when that set disbanded.