Martin Codd
Partner
Sectors
Real estate
Martin is a leading member of the firm’s residential team and has considerable experience acting for owners/occupiers and high-net-worth individuals purchasing and selling residential property.
He also acts for a wide range of clients including landed estates, companies, trusts, institutional investors, traders and entrepreneurs. Martin is the firm’s leading expert in the complex area of enfranchisement law/claims, and together with the specialist property litigation teams, regularly takes cases to the First-tier Tribunal.
On every transaction, I try to the best of my ability to use all my experience, pragmatism and learning to ensure that my clients achieve their stated aims, whether buying their forever home, extending their lease, or investing in that particular commercial property for their business or for their future income.
A founding member of the Association of Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP), Martin is also accredited to the Law Society’s CQS scheme for residential conveyancing. He is a member of the Law Society’s Property Section. He has written and lectured extensively on property tax, enfranchisement and landlord and tenant law throughout his career. He qualified in 1989 and joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2011 from Dawsons of Lincoln’s Inn, where he was managing partner.
Recent work highlights
Collective enfranchisement
Enfranchisement claims
High value purchases
Exiting project with freehold disposal
What people are saying
I struggled to find someone able to deal with a complex leasehold challenge. In my first meeting with Martin Codd he was exactly the person I needed, and he never let me down.
Thank you so much to you all. I am so pleased for everyone; you have all been fantastic and I would not hesitate to recommend you both.
Fantastic, thank you so much! Thanks to your brilliant laser-like legal knowledge you’ve saved the situation!
Thank you for making the process very easy!
Excellent work as always.
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