Nick Billingham

Nick Billingham

Consultant


Areas of Expertise

Nick advises on all aspects of housing law, housing and property litigation. His clients are typically housing associations and local authorities. His specialisms include complex litigation including judicial review, together with non-contentious advice relating in particular to policies and procedures, rent and service charge issues, and compliance with Regulation.


Experience

Prior to Devonshires, Nick was a Solicitor at Prince Evans, another niche housing association firm, where he completed his Articles.


Publications

Nick is the lead editor of our Housing Management and Leasehold Management Briefs. He has had articles published in the Solicitors Journal, the Journal of Housing Law and Inside Housing.


Directories

Nick has been ranked as a key individual in the field of Social Housing by Chambers for more than 15 years. He is also a “leading individual” in the Legal 500 and recipient of the “Hall of Fame” accolade.


Conferences


Personal

Nick is a keen cyclist and skier.


News Articles

Professional Membership

Nick is a former Board Member of Colchester Borough Homes. He is currently a board member and Vice-Chair of Action on Empty Homes.  He is also one of the founding members of the Social Housing Law Association.

Testimonials

'Nick Billingham – Has an outstanding ability to take recent changes in the law and apply them to how people in the social housing field would be impacted, I have clear confidence that we are being fully supported when any of his team are dealing with our cases.'

Legal 500

Get in touch


020 7880 4272
07932105314
nick.billingham@devonshires.co.uk
LinkedIn
London Office
Devonshires Solicitors LLP
30 Finsbury Circus
London
EC2M 7DT

PA: Laura Harvey
020 7065 1868
laura.harvey@devonshires.co.uk

Notable Cases

Nick has been involved in a number of high profile cases, including the leading case on housing associations as public bodies (London & Quadrant –v- Weaver (2009) Court of Appeal), and the House of Lords cases of Riverside HA –v- White (2007) (validity of rent increases), L B Lambeth –v- Kay (2006) (human rights and housing), Bruton -v- London & Quadrant Housing Trust (2000) (distinction between tenancy and licence) and Newlon -v- Alsulaimen (1998) (joint tenant’s notice to quit).

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