Martin Codd

Partner

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.

Martin Codd, Partner

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

Acting for the leaseholders on a collective enfranchisement of a 50 flat block in Marylebone.

Enfranchisement claims

Acting as a ‘go-to’ lawyer for over 500 property owning landlords on enfranchisement claims.

High value purchases

Acting on high value purchases in prime central London.

Exiting project with freehold disposal

Acting for an investor, acquiring short term leases, extending them, then instigating a collective enfranchisement claim and disposing of freehold and leases which were extended out of the newly purchased freehold.