Environmental Services
With the ever increasing political and business focus on the environment, the impact of environmental law is growing in importance and complexity. Our team of experienced environmental law experts can provide the legal support you require, whether in assessing risk or dealing with issues which may arise.
There is more to environmental law than popular fiction would suggest. Stereotypes of virtuous environmental campaigners and evil opposing businesses are as inaccurate as the perception that environmental law is all about the imposition of new restrictions, red tape and liabilities.
The more effective use of raw materials and energy, extending the product life cycle, recycling, minimising waste and more efficient working practices, methods and distribution all contribute to improved business efficiency and effectiveness.
In addition, effective environmental compliance and a positive attitude to corporate social responsibility can be beneficial in market and customer perceptions of a business and its brand.
However, environmental law is not as effective or clear as it might be. It does create obligations and liabilities which carry risks or other business threats. This is mainly a regulatory area of law and there can be a lot of red tape and bewilderingly complex (and frequently changing) statutory provisions.
Our experts provide focused and pragmatic advice on this wide ranging area of law which will allow you to maximise available opportunities and avoid the varied potential pitfalls and traps. The adoption of better environmental practice often corresponds with better business practice.
What we do...
Services available from the environmental team include:
Corporate and property due diligence
Operational consent and compliance advice
Risk and liability allocation negotiations
Contingency planning and response
Regulatory relationship management
Environmental insurance
Environmental information and disclosure
Environmental impact assessment
Legislation and policy monitoring
- Dispute management and litigation
The areas covered by these services include:
Industrial processes
Infrastructure projects
Renewable energy schemes
Waste (including waste water) management, transport and disposal
Decommissioning, recycling and recovery operations
Land remediation and reinstatement
Radioactive contamination
Water: abstraction, drainage, flood defence and treatment
Food quality and safety issues
Nature conservation
Climate change levy and emissions trading
Environmental taxation and reliefs
Our clients range from multi-national and utility companies to major retailers and property developers to academic institutions and regulatory authorities to small local business and individual claimants. In each case, we seek to understand our client’s needs and objectives and seek to obtain the most appropriate outcome for them.
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