Kinza Wahid BW 1

Kinza Wahid

Year of Call: 2021
Email Address: [email protected]
Telephone: 0121 289 4333

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Clerks Details

  • Clerk Name: Georgia Coleyshaw
  • Clerk Telephone: 0121 289 4333
  • Clerk Email: [email protected]

Overview

Kinza Wahid enjoys a successful business and property practice, specialising in real property, trusts of land, landlord and tenant disputes, contentious probate and equine law.

Listed as a "Rising Star" barrister by Legal 500 in 2026, Kinza is a skilled advocate and an accredited mediator, who is known for her robust and tenacious advocacy and empathetic approach with clients.

Regularly acting for private individuals, companies, institutional investors and local authorities, Kinza brings a well-rounded skill set to her practice, ensuring thorough and effective representation for her clients.

Beyond practice, Kinza is committed to advancing equality and diversity at the Bar. She sits on the Midland Circuit EDSM Committee and the MALA Committee and is often a panellist at events designed to encourage inclusivity within the profession.

Expertise

  • Residential Landlord and Tenant and Housing
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    Kinza Wahid is routinely instructed on private and social housing possession claims. Her expertise includes securing possession orders, injunctions and various other orders. She is frequently instructed by local authorities and housing associations at an early stage to assist on drafting pleadings and providing written advice. Appearing in fast track and multi-track trials for injunctions and other tenancy related matters. She is highly skilled in defending complex cases which raise Public Law and Equality Act arguments.

    Kinza is often instructed for:

    • Possession actions
    • Anti-social behaviour injunctions
    • Access injunctions
    • Committals
    • Closure orders under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
    • Charges, charging orders & orders for sale

    Kinza also handles appellant work, including drafting statements of case and representing clients in homelessness appeals.

  • Commercial Landlord and Tenant
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    Kinza Wahid is regularly instructed in commercial landlord and tenant disputes pursuant to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. She provides advice and represents clients in matters concerning possession, relief from forfeiture, lease renewals, injunctions and assignment. She provides practical and commercially focused advice.

    Kinza leads a landlord heavy practice, representing clients on lease renewals and service charge disputes pursuant to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.

    She appears in the County Court, High Court and First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) for such matters.

  • Coownership and Trusts of Land
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    Kinza has extensive experience in advising and representing clients in co-ownership, TOLATA disputes and land disputes well beyond her year of call.

    She is adept at dealing with matters pertaining to proprietary estoppel, rectifying or altering the Register, constructive trusts and 3rd party interests and intervenor claims. Often obtaining successful results for her client, including establishing her client’s beneficial interest in co-owned property and successfully dismissing allegations of fraud and forgery in a prolonged multi-track trial.

  • Land and Boundaries
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    Kinza also has handled a wide range of land and boundary disputes, including those involving easements, lost modern grant and prescription, interpretation of restrictive covenants in title deeds, trespass and nuisance.

    She adopts a pragmatic approach when dealing with real property matters and has successfully advocated for clients in mediation, achieving their objectives in a boundary dispute without embarking upon litigation.

  • Commercial
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    Agricultural & Equine Law

    Kinza has experience in advising on equine related matters, including misrepresentation arising from the sale of horses and associated equipment or farm machinery in business-to-business contracts. As a keen rider in her free time, she brings a practical understanding of this specialist area.

    She also accepts instructions relating to agricultural tenancies, including advising on the recovery of mixed use-land, succession of tenancies and disputes concerning the beneficial ownership of parcels of land.

  • Probate and Estates
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    Kinza appears in the High Court in contentious probate and estate disputes. She represents executors, beneficiaries and interested third parties throughout all stages of litigation, from FDR through to trial.

    She has experience in challenging the validity of wills, devastavit claims, the removal of trustees and personal representatives, and is adept at dealing with lack of capacity being raised in such matters.

  • Articles

    • The Presumption of Advancement and How to Defeating Orders for Sale: The position after Kroll Agency Services Ltd v Inlustrem Maritime Ltd [2026] EWHC 1453 (KB)

      22nd Jul 2026

      They discuss how family members often contribute to the purchase of a home, but informal arrangements can lead to disputes over ownership, which judgment creditors seeking to enforce a final charging order should be wary of when trying to obtain an order for sale. The High Court's decision in Kroll confirms that the Presumption of Advancement now carries little weight and can be easily rebutted, with important consequences for judgment claimants seeking to enforce any judgments.

      View Article
  • Recommendations

    ‘Kinza is very well paced, clear, and firm in court, drawing attention to the necessary legal principles. She is also very practical outside of the court room and gives robust advice where necessary.’
    Legal 500 2026/Social Housing/Midlands/Rising Star

    “I would like to reiterate how impressed our instructing officers were with Ms Wahid’s representation on behalf of the council in previous committal proceedings relating to the injunction order. Her professionalism, timely advice, and robust dealing with the legal advisor for the Defendant was most appreciated, especially given the last-minute submissions regarding capacity by the Defendant.” Instructing Solicitor 

    “Kinza assisted BBC in achieving a great result at the recent homeless appeal. She faced some tough questions from the opposing barrister and the judge, but she remained calm, collected, and eloquently put the Council’s position forward. We look forward to working with Kinza again in the future.” Instructing Solicitor

    “Kinza kindly volunteered to defend me at a hearing less than 24 hours before it took place. After a full day in court, she spent her evening preparing for my case. Kinza is clearly very passionate about her job and has a heart of gold. She was prompt, well-prepared, and incredibly supportive. She was well known by the Judge and a fellow solicitor there who both spoke very highly of her. Kinza is highly professional, educated, and stayed humble throughout. I can’t recommend her enough!” Lay Client

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