After obtaining a place at Colchester Royal Grammar School, he went on to read English at Bristol University, where he studied under the poet Charles Tomlinson and took a first-class degree.
His pupil masters included Hugh Tomlinson QC, with whom Grant appeared in the litigation relating to the construction of the Wembley stadium arch[3] and the claim brought by the estate of the artist Francis Bacon against Marlborough Fine Art.
[10] In late 2019, Grant appeared for Simon Hume-Kendall in proceedings brought by the administrator arising out of the collapse of London Capital & Finance.
[18] In 2018, Grant co-edited with David Mumford QC Civil Fraud: Law, Practice and Procedure, again published by Sweet and Maxwell.
"[22] In 2016, Grant contributed an introduction to the re-issue of Sybille Bedford's essay The Trial of Lady Chatterley by Daunt Books.
Writing in the Observer, Alexander Larman noted that "there is plenty of humour throughout…but this is ultimately an affecting study of how the law gets it right – and wrong.
[26] In an interview in Counsel Magazine in March 2020, Grant explained that: "There were a number of themes I wanted to pick up: changing attitudes to the death penalty, obscenity and sexual behaviour over the century; women’s experience of the criminal law – largely its inability to understand or properly respond to why women sometimes commit acts of violence; the centrality of the Old Bailey to treason, post-war espionage and political downfall; and the courtroom as a place of ritualised entertainment for the masses.
Reviewing the play for The Oldie in 2017, Valerie Grove wrote: "Courtrooms are pure theatre, and all lawyers are thespians manqués.
No wonder Forever Trial and Error, performed this week by a brilliant cast, mainly of barristers, in wood-panelled Court Number 1 at the Old Bailey – scene of famous trials from Oscar Wilde and Ruth Ellis to Lady Chatterley and Profumo – knocks most current West End offerings into a cocked hat.
Speaking at the Charleston festival in 2016, he attracted press attention when he claimed that Jeremy Hutchinson, who had appeared for the defence against Mary Whitehouse in the The Romans in Britain trial, now felt some sympathy for her.
[46] In October 2021, Grant appeared at a mock trial at the Supreme Court organised by the charity Classics for All, defending Queen Boudica on a charge of terrorism.