Join us for a working lunch and an afternoon of interesting discussion covering all areas of reform in the residential property/housing sectors.
Hosted by Rebecca Brady of Devonshires and Nicholas Grundy KC of Five Paper with guest speakers.
Topics Covered:
- Renters’ Rights Bill
- Leasehold & Freehold Reform Act 2024
- Commonhold White Paper
Speakers:
Rebecca Brady, Partner, Housing Management & Property Litigation team.
Rebecca has an extremely wide and varied practice, accepting instructions from Local Authorities and Registered Providers on all aspects of leasehold and tenancy management.
Rebecca’s expertise in tenancy management includes possession claims, injunction applications, disrepair and housing conditions claims. Rebecca has successfully defended a number of disrepair claims at Trial, recovering the landlord’s legal costs from the tenant’s insurers. Rebecca has a particular interest in succession and unlawful occupation cases, including those involving trespassers.
Rebecca’s leasehold practice includes shared ownership matters, forfeiture, service charge disputes, section 20 consultation, and lease interpretation.
Rebecca also advises on general property litigation including boundary and easement disputes, adverse possession and nuisance claims.
Rebecca is part of the firm’s Inquests and Inquiries Team and regularly acts for Registered Providers where they are involved in coronial proceedings.
Nicholas Grundy KC of Five Paper.
Nick is a 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.
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: See Global 100 Limited v Laleva [2021] EWCA Civ 1835.
Nick is recommended as a leading silk in the latest editions of Chambers UK and Legal 500. Nick has been shortlisted for Property and Housing Silk of the year in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024.
You will receive an email from Devonshires to confirm your place. Please note, places for this event are limited and may become oversubscribed. Clients of Devonshires will have priority and where we are heavily oversubscribed, we will limit places per organisation.
