Gemma Dudley > HCR Hewitsons > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile
HCR Hewitsons Offices
50-60 Station Road
CB1 2JH
England
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Gemma Dudley
Position
Legal Director
Career
Gemma specialises in both contentious and non-contentious planning law, including planning applications and appeals, certificates of lawfulness, highways and planning agreements and enforcement matters. She also has experience of bringing and defending High Court challenges, including Judicial Review, and regularly undertakes advocacy at public inquiries. Gemma also advises in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land and liquor and gaming licence applications.
Memberships
Gemma read law at the London School of Economics and Cambridge University before completing her legal practice course at the College of Law in London. She trained as a solicitor at Nabarro in London, qualifying into their planning team in September 2003. Gemma joined Hewitsons’ Planning and Environment Team in February 2006.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Real estate > Planning and environment
(Leading individuals)HCR Hewitsons has a strong firm-wide planning, highways and environment practice in which the Cambridge office plays a central role. The lead partner in Cambridge is Gemma Dudley, who has ‘unrivalled expertise in local authority planning issues‘. She works closely with senior associate Brendon Lee, ‘whose work ethic is second to none‘. The firm frequently handles large-scale development and regeneration projects, and it acts for numerous landowners including farmers, investment owners and landed estates. Dudley acted for Hill Residential Limited in the negotiation of a Section 106 Agreement for an appeal in relation to a development of 576 dwellings in Stevenage.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals East Anglia > Real estate > Planning and environment
- Planning and environment East Anglia > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Employment > Health and safety
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
- Employment > Employment
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms