Band 2
Provided by Nick Lloyd
Nick sat on the advisory board to the law commission on the reform of the rights of light.
Acting for Britel Fund Trustees Limited on defending the high profile case of CGIS City Plaza Shares 1 Ltd and another v Britel Fund Trustees (2012), establishing that the City Plaza building in Birmingham did not have a right of light over Britel's property; the case providing important clarification on the interpretation of historic rights of light deeds.
Nick is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team. His practice is all aspects of contentious property and landlord and tenant law (including insolvency, rent review, opposed lease renewals, dilapidations and restrictive covenants) but with a particular emphasis on development work, including devising and running complex vacant possession strategies and advising developer clients on legal site constraints.
Nick's particular speciality is rights of light. He has developed an industry-leading rights of light practice and has devised and implemented the rights of light strategy on a number of high profile developments particularly in the City. Rights of light is arcane, confusing, ancient yet uncertain. Nick's aim is to bring clarity and certainty to clients as to the potential risks and provide them with a route map to deal with that risk and achieve their aims.
Nicks sits on the British Property Federation Insolvency Commission
He writes articles for a number of publications including the Estate Gazette and the Property Law Journal.
Nick is a frequent lecturer on property issues for the CPD Foundation, Lexis Nexis webinars, the Practical Law Company and the Blundell Memorial Lectures.
Provided by Chambers
Provided by Chambers
Nick is excellent. He's very experienced, practical and is just brilliant on the detail. He really leaves no stone unturned.
Nick is excellent. He's very experienced, practical and is just brilliant on the detail. He really leaves no stone unturned.