Property litigation
Nicola Muir specialises in all aspects of landlord and tenant and real property litigation both residential and commercial. Nicola is recommended by both Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 which says “Nicola provides straight-forward yet accomplished advice which is hugely beneficial to both her instructing solicitors and their clients”. Nicola was shortlisted by the Legal 500 as Junior of the Year 2022 for Real Estate, Environment and Planning.
Nicola has recently been appointed as a Judge in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) in the Land Registration division and is an Associate Member of the Civil Mediation Council.
Nicola regularly appears in Court and in both the First Tier and Upper Tribunals of the Property Chamber. She is well known for her enfranchisement, service charge and land registration claims. Nicola also has a thriving commercial property practice and has been involved in a number of high profile boundary, adverse possession and beneficial interest disputes. Notable cases in which she has appeared include Eastern Pyramid Group Corp SA v Spire House RTM Co. Ltd (Court of Appeal), Tibber v Buckley (Court of Appeal), Leaseholders of Foundling Court and others v Camden LBC, Allied London (Brunswick) Ltd and others (Upper Tribunal), Westminster City Council v CH2006 Ltd (Upper Tribunal), Corvan (Properties) Ltd v Abdel-Mahmoud (Court of Appeal ) and LM Homes Ltd v Queen Court Freehold Co. Ltd (First Tier Tribunal).
Nicola is a former solicitor and gives lectures on a variety of land law related topics as well as being regular contributor to the Estates Gazette.
Publications:
Regular column in the Estates Gazette on residential property law called – “Residential View”. Co-author (with other members of Tanfield Chambers) of “Service Charges and Management" (Sweet & Maxwell 5th Ed.)
Year of Call: 1998
Appointed Fee-Paid Judge of the Property Chamber
Property Bar Association, Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners.
Fettes College; University of Edinburgh (LLB HONS 1987); Chester College of Law (Common Professional Examination 1988, Law Society Finals 1989).
Theatre, cinema, reading, gym, swimming.