Nicola Muir – Tanfield Chambers

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 for Property and Housing Junior of the Year in 2022 and as Junior of the Year 2019 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 recent 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.