
Profile
Nick Cox LLB (Hons)
Partner
I head up the property litigation team at Willans, dealing mainly with disputes over commercial properties.
I also support the commercial and residential property teams with advice and assistance to help them avoid problems where possible.
Lockdown business rent arrears are recoverable: High Court
Commercial landlords will welcome a recent High Court decision, in which an application for a judgment against a tenant in arrears was upheld. In the first judgment of its kind…
Pretty vacant: When stripping out goes too far
In an interesting case decided in December 2020, the High Court considered whether a tenant who exercised a break clause went too far in making sure that he gave vacant…
Automatic stay in squatter possession proceedings removed
Pressure from property litigation professionals has seen the Master of the Rolls modify the automatic stay in all possession proceedings, imposed on 26 March by a Practice Direction, when the…