Lucy Grunwell

Lucy works within the Property Litigation Team in the Chelmsford office and works closely with Laura Tanguay, Lucia Mills and Stephanie Butler in the Home Ownership Disputes and TOLATA practice.

Lucy has over 9 years’ experience in the legal industry assisting litigation solicitors in full-service law firms. Lucy joined Birketts in April 2021 and qualified as a Solicitor in the team in October 2024.

Lucy has experience in advising private individuals on a range of contentious property matters and specialises in co-ownership property disputes. She attends to matters including but not limited to:

• TOLATA claims
• Common Intention Constructive Trusts
• Proprietary Estoppel
• Equitable Accounting
• Preparation of Cohabitation Agreements
• Advice on declarations of trust
• Adverse possession claims
• Advice on covenants
• Boundary disputes
• Notices under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

Lucy is a member of the Property Litigation Association and Resolution (a national network of family lawyers committed to the constructive resolution of family disputes).

In addition to advising clients of Birketts, Lucy has also undertaken pro-bono work for the Suffolk Law Centre and Anglia Ruskin University.