Environment
Businesses and organisations in every sector have to ensure compliance with environmental law and try to minimise their exposure to risks of environmental liability.
The Environment Agency is increasingly taking action to enforce environmental regulations through the Courts and require works to be undertaken to address harm or the risk of harm to the environment. Contaminated land, pollution of water and waste management offences are all subject to stringent legislation and potentially big fines. Directors and senior managers of companies, surveyors and land agents can all be held personally liable to non-compliance with environmental law.
Managing the risks of prosecution and heavy clean-up costs is very important for any business, as is knowing what to do if enforcement action is taken by the Environment Agency or a local authority. The law of statutory nuisance is equally applicable in the context of protection of the environment and human health from industrial activity.
At Manches we have one of the few specialist environmental law teams in the Thames Valley. The team is led by Richard Smith who is recognised by Legal Business and the Legal 500 as an expert in environmental law.
Our team acts for clients from a wide range of business sectors, including; chemicals production, manufacturing and engineering, technology, property development, property investment, warehouse and distribution, banking, social housing, retail, construction and minerals.
We advise on the full range of environmental issues, including:
- Contaminated land
- Waste and landfill management
- Water pollution
- Corporate compliance
- Producer responsibility
- Warranties and indemnities
- Parliamentary lobbying
- European law
- Planning and land development
- Environmental taxation
- Lender liability
Planning
- Planning Agreements
- Planning policy and Strategic Advice
- Negotiation with Planning and other Authorities
- Public Inquiries
- Highways Law
- Environmental Taxes and Tax Relief
- Enforcement Action
- Listed Buildings
- Judicial Reviews
- Local Plan Objections and Inquiries
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Compulsory Purchase
- Regeneration
- Corporate and Property Support
- Certificates of Lawful Existing and Proposed Use or Development
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