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Nicholas Grundy KC
Position
Nicholas Grundy KC is a Property, Public Law and Human Rights specialist. Nick is head of Five Paper’s Real Property Practice Group and is a member of the Housing, Landlord and Tenant and Public Law Groups, his property experience is very wide, ranging from cases where property and public law interact to commercial development.
Nick has a focused property practice with particular expertise in:
- Complex property cases.
- Applications to discharge or modify restrictive covenants.
- Possession claims where the occupier asserts Equality or Human Rights.
- Advising and representing Public Sector bodies on public law and policy issues.
- Service Charges claims.
- Business lease renewals.
As well as acting in the precedent-setting case of Akerman-Livingstone v Aster Communities Ltd [2015] UKSC 15, the leading case on the correct approach to disability discrimination under the Equality Act 2010, Nick has enjoyed successes in the Court of Appeal in cases concerning construction of property statutes, including: Global 100 Ltd v Laleva [2021] – CPR 55.8(2); Gateway HA v Ali [2020] EWCA Civ 1339 – the Law of Property (Misc. Provisions) Act 1994, s. 18; LB Haringey v Simawi [2019] EWCA Civ 1770 – rights of succession under the Housing Act 1985; Livewest HA v Bamber [2019] EWCA Civ 1174 – the Housing Act 1988, s. 21(1A) and (1B) and Toms v Ruberry [2019] EWCA Civ 128 – the Law of Property Act 1925, s. 146.
Career
Called 1993; Gray’s Inn.
Silk: 2016
Memberships
PBA, SHLA (committee member).
Education
St Edwards Oxford; Cambridge University (1988 MA Cantab 2(1)); Loughborough University (1990 MSc); Westminster University (1991 Dip Law).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Social housing
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Five Paper is lauded as ‘a specialist set for housing‘ and ‘a go-to for social landlords‘. Nicholas Grundy KC regularly represents public sector landlords in cases involving human rights and EU law matters, as well as discrimination issues. Among the junior end of chambers, Stephen Evans is ‘robust and persuasive‘; Sam Phillips is ‘highly skilled at cutting through complex cases to identify the key points‘ and ‘fantastic on his feet‘; and Elizabeth England is ‘very thorough‘ – ‘her cross-examination is formidable‘. Jennifer Moate is well known for handling a broad range of housing matters, including disrepair and possession claims, homelessness issues and anti-social behaviour injunctions.