Imogen Dodds

Imogen’s practice covers all areas of real property and landlord and tenant law. She regularly appears in the High Court and County Courts, as well as the First-Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), and also has a busy advisory practice.

Imogen’s recent cases have included the following areas of law:

• Commercial landlord and tenant, including opposed and unopposed renewals under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
• Co-ownership, including proceedings under TOLATA 1996
• Telecommunications
• Mortgages and receivership
• Restrictive covenants
• Easements
• Land registration
• Adverse possession
• Residential landlord and tenant
• Leasehold enfranchisement
• Tenants’ rights of first refusal

• Education

  BA (Law), Downing College, University of Cambridge (Double First Class) (2012-2015)

  Downing College Senior Harris Scholarship

  Faculty of Law Rebecca Flower Squire Scholarship LLM, Downing College, University of Cambridge (First Class, placed 3rd in year) (2015-2016)

  The Gareth Jones Prize for the Law of Restitution

  The Mills and Reeve Prize for Comparative Family Law and Policy

  Downing College Prize for Especial Distinction

• Professional
  • BPTC, BPP (Outstanding) (2016 – 2017)
  • Lord Denning Scholarship
  • Hardwicke Entrance Award
  • Buchanan Prize
• Recent Cases
  • Spellen v “Santander” [2023] EWHC 1361 (KB) – appeared for the successful mortgagee in this case considering attempts by borrowers to subvert County Court possession proceedings by issuing claims in the High Court.
  • Gormandy & Ors v Trinidad and Tobago Housing Development Corporation (Trinidad and Tobago) [2022] UKPC 55: Junior Counsel, led by Oliver Radley-Gardner KC in a Privy Council appeal on adverse possession of land in Trinidad which raised issues in relation to the rule in Devi v Roy and the role of appellate courts.
  • Oceanfill v Nuffield Health Wellbeing [2022] EWHC 2178 (Ch) (Master): Junior Counsel, led by Stephen Jourdan KC in a case considering the effect of a restructuring plan under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 releasing the current tenant of commercial premises on an AGA given by a previous tenant.
  • Orkin v Orchard (Central London County Court, HHJ Hellman, 6 October 2022): represented the leaseholder in a three day trial considering responsibility for carrying out and paying for repairs to a flat in order to prevent water penetration to the flat below.
• Publications
  • “Mortgage Receivership: Playing Second Fiddle?” (co-authored with Cecily Crampin and Tricia Hemans) 15 NLJ 8002 11 November 2022
  • “Effect of restructuring plan of liability of original tenant and guarantor (Oceanfill Ltd v Nuffield Health and Cannons Group Ltd)” LexisNexis Legal News (23 August 2022)
  • “Adverse Possession: the General Theory of Relativity (of Title)” (co-authored with Jamie Sutherland) 9 NLJ 7973 (1 April 2022)
  • “Another Landlord Bites the Crust” (co-authored with Jamie Sutherland) 13 NLJ 7957 (19 November 2021)
  • “Enforcing keep open covenants” (co-authored with Guy Fethersonhaugh KC) for EG 30 October 2021
  • “One Flat, Two Guvnors” (co-authored with Jamie Sutherland) 13 NLJ 7887 (22 May 2020)
  • “Check your Email (Signatures)!” (co-authored with Jamie Sutherland) 14 NLJ 7878 (11 March 2020)
  • “Rectification of a Perpetual Lease for Unilateral Mistake” Landlord and Tenant Review 2019, 23(1), 26 – 29 
  • “Commercial landlords and CVAs” Landlord & Tenant Review 2018, 22(6), 208-211
  • “Recovery for Mistaken Dispositions: Possible Effects of Pitt v Holt” [2016] Restitution Law Review 129.