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Nicholas Grundy KC

Nicholas Grundy KC

UK Bar 2026

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Ranked in 1 practice area

Social Housing

London (Bar)

20 years ranked

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Practice Areas

Nick is a Social Housing, Property, Public Law, Equality and Human Rights specialist. Nick has particular expertise in statutory interpretation. Nick is head of Five Paper’s Real Property Practice Group and a member of the Housing, Landlord and Tenant and Public Law Groups.

He regularly acts for public bodies in cases where property and public law interact: e.g. Simawi v LB Haringey & SoS CLG (intervening) [2019] EWCA Civ 1770, where he successfully argued that the rules relating to succession to council tenancies were compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. Other leading Housing cases that Nick was involved in include: Rahimi v Westminster CC [2024] Civ 73 – Succession and Surrender of a joint tenancy; Rowe v LB Haringey [2022] EWCA Civ 1370 – homelessness; Gateway HA v (1) Personal Reps of Ali (2) Begum [2020] EWCA Civ 1339 – Service of Notices to Quit under Law of property (Misc. provisions) Act 1994, s. 18; Aldwyck v Forward HA [2019] EWCA Civ 1334 – Possession and Equality Act 2010, PSED defences.

He also acts for commercial entities: e.g. he was successful in the Court of Appeal for Global 100 Limited in establishing, amongst other things, that defences to possession proceedings should, where appropriate, be determined summarily: Global 100 Ltd. v Laleva [2021] EWCA Civ 1835.

Career

Called (1993) KC (2016)

Professional Memberships

SHLA (Committee Member since 2010); PBA (Committee Member 2022 to 2024)

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Social Housing - London (Bar)

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Nicholas Grundy KC is an experienced senior advocate with a specialism in social housing cases that interact with real property, European law or discrimination issues. He regularly advises local housing authorities on policy matters and earns praise for his dedication to clients. He has appeared at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court.

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Strengths

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  • Nicholas Grundy is highly reliable and efficient in his skill sets and experience in dealing with social housing matters.

    Social HousingUK Bar

  • Nick continues to be a leading light in the sector and can always be relied upon to provide pragmatic and commercially aware advice.

    Social HousingUK Bar

  • Nick has acted in some big and complex issues. He provides a level of security for the clients.

    Social HousingUK Bar

  • Nicholas is the go-to senior. He has assisted us with some complex technical issues and has the gravitas and authority to not only get results at court but to make clients feel safe in his hands.

    Social HousingUK Bar

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