Victoria Hazell Consultant Property Lawyer

Victoria began her legal career in 2010 and qualified with CILEx in 2015. She is now dual-regulated with both CILEx and the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC). In 2020, she successfully established her own property department, and in 2022 was appointed Director at a previous firm, so she brings a broad range of experience to her clients.

Victoria's specialisms include:

• Property development
• Option agreements
• Overage agreements
• Promotion agreements
• Conditional purchases
• Joint venture agreements 
• Infrastructure and utility agreements (s104, s38, s278, gas and electric deeds and leases, telecoms leases, etc.)
• Plot sales and purchases
• Help to Buy and Shared Ownership

Commercial Property:

• Acquisition and disposal of freehold and leasehold properties
• Leases for both landlords and tenants
• Purchase and sale of investment properties

Residential Property:

• Freehold and leasehold residential sales and purchases
• Lease extensions
• Remortgages
• Repossession purchases
• Rights of Way and Easements
• Equity Release
• Build over agreements

Approach to work and clients 

Victoria is a commercially minded and technically proficient lawyer who understands the importance of balancing legal precision with the practical realities of a deal. She is approachable, easy to work with, and committed to building strong, long-term relationships with her clients. She takes pride in understanding each client’s business needs, ensuring her advice is tailored, practical, and focused on achieving successful outcomes. Her collaborative and sensible approach has earned her a loyal client following that values the trust and strong professional relationships she builds.

Notable career highlights

Victoria was involved in successfully agreeing a comprehensive suite of template documents with SSE, significantly streamlining the utility agreements process for a wide range of national and local housebuilders.

She acted on behalf of a consortium of three national housebuilders for the substantial development at the Severalls Hospital site in Colchester, playing a key role in driving forward the project's progress on site.