CLA Member Update HS2 Phase 2b Shakespeare Martineau
Solicitors Role in the process • Who are Shakespeare Martineau? • What do we do? • The Solicitors role in the compulsory acquisition process
Landownership and Compensation • Your property interests • Other interests in land • Understanding your likely compensation entitlement and protecting it • s4 of the ALA 1961 • Blight and voluntary compensation schemes
Consultation on Working Draft Environmental Statement Working Draft Environmental Statement for HS2 Phase 2b Consultation-closes 21 st December 2018 Working Draft Equality Impact Assessment Report 2018 Structure-Focus on Volume 2 Community Areas and map books HS2 Consultation Events Important to engage HS2 with any problems/interactions at this stage. Working Draft submitted in 2020 with Hybrid Bill.
Operational Phase
Mitigation and Assurances • Understanding the impact of HS2 • Engagement with HS2 • Identification of extent to which impacts can be (i) minimised or (ii) mitigated against • The Assurances Register
Petitioning against a Hybrid Bill – The process • Guidance on Petitioning in H of C and H of L • Petition and accompanying paperwork/fees • Short petitioning window only • Promoters Response Document • Select Committee appearance date • Submission of Summary of Arguments and Evidence • Process and representation in the Select Committee
Petitioning against a Hybrid Bill – The experience • HS2 slow to engage meaningfully • More effort before the petitioning periods • Petitioning provides some leverage • Consider petitioning at first opportunity • Settlements on the Select Committee steps • Wasteful of Petitioners time and money BUT • May secure a valuable outcome
Any Questions? Peter Snodgrass Abigail Walters 1 Meridian South Two Colton Square Leicester Meridian Business Park LE1 1QH Leicester LE19 1WY E: abigail.walters@shma.co.uk E: peter.snodgrass@shma.co.uk T: 0116 281 6968 T: 01789 416448 M: 07753 135 478 M: 07850509135
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