Upcoming Events :
Housing Seminar: Partnerships with the Public Sector – Avoiding the pitfalls
Thu 31 May 2012
Minerva House, 5 Montague Close, London, SE1 9BB
Hazel Anderson
Position: Solicitor
Core Areas: Transport and Infrastructure
Hazel specialises in infrastructure planning work, particularly the authorisation of railway, tram and harbour schemes. This includes drafting legislation, advising on all aspects including compulsory purchase and compensation, planning and environmental law issues, and negotiating with objectors and drafting undertakings, agreements and protective provisions. She has considerable experience in attending and managing client interests at public inquiries for contested schemes and regularly advises on and drafts statements of case, proofs of evidence and related material. Hazel has also acted for a number of statutory undertakers in opposition to schemes. She also drafts harbour byelaws.
Recent experience
- Crossrail Act 2008, including advising on environmental statements, negotiating agreements on and giving general advice in promotion of the Act, and more recently, its implementation
- Advising on all aspects of the promotion of and objections management for the proposed Heathrow Airtrack Order
- Network Rail (Reading)(Land Acquisition) Order 2009
- Port of London Authority Byelaws and Harbour Revision Orders
- Hazel has also acted for Environment Agency, British Waterways, Royal Mail and National Grid and property interests in objecting to a number of proposed infrastructure schemes
Professional memberships
Law Society of England and Wales
Work history
2000 to date Assistant Solicitor, Winckworth Sherwood
1998 to 2000 Trainee Solicitor, Winckworth Sherwood
1995 to 1996 Conference Manager, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
1988 to 1995 Conference Executive, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Personal interests
Music, reading, walking.
