Vivien established Hatherleigh Training in 2007. She lectures, teaches and conducts workshops, specialising in property and property litigation issues.
Vivien is a solicitor and was in partnership in the City of London for many years leaving DJ Freeman, where she headed the property litigation team, to join Bond Pearce as a consultant in 2003. She continues to handle some high value cases from Bond Pearce's Exeter office.
Vivien was awarded honorary membership of the RICS in 2003. She is a member of its dilapidations working party, of the RICS Dilapidations Forum and of the management board of the RICS Inclusive Environment Consultants' Scheme.
Vivien has a genuine interest in the property market and its operation.
She is a PACT Arbitrator, a member of Arbrix, a member of the Property
Litigation Association and of its Law Reform Committee and a member of
the Centre of Accessible Environments.
Vivien is a visiting lecturer at the College of Estate Management in Reading, a consultant to the College of Law and a Fellow of the Institute of Continuing Professional Development. She regularly speaks at a variety of conferences and sits on the organising committees for both the Oxford Study Weekend and the RICS Commercial Property Conference.
Vivien is the author of many articles in property publications including Estates Gazette and the RICS Journal. She is a member of the editorial board for PLC Property and the Journal of Building Appraisal. She contributed to the Sweet & Maxwell books entitled Nuisances and Commercial Property Disputes.