Victoria Hamblen has experience in a range of commercial and public law matters, with a particular focus on property, planning, environment, mediation and international arbitration. She now has a broad commercial practice and accepts instructions in broad areas of civil law, as well as in public law and judicial review.
Victoria is also a member of the Attorney General's Junior Junior Scheme, which provides her with opportunities to work on cases spanning diverse practice areas.
In environmental law, Victoria has experience of advising and making submissions on Strategic Environmental Assessment Regulations requirements and the legal requirements for Local Authority Sustainability Appraisals.
She is currently a pro-bono adviser for the Environmental Law Foundation(ELF), and has advised on a plethora of environmental cases, including matters relating to water quality/pollution, contaminated land and rights of way, land development environmental impacts. Victoria also has experience of providing pro-bono assistance to organisations such as Lawyers Against Poverty (LAP) on international human rights cases, including cases relating to the land rights of indigenous peoples.
Victoria has a very client-centred approach to her work. She is compassionate and approachable, and adopts a solution-focused, pragmatic and adaptable attitude.