Our Environmental & Planning team has been dedicated to the area for over twenty years and is well established as a market leader in the area. The team provides legal advice on environmental, planning and health and safety issues to local and international businesses across a range of sectors including pharmaceutical, manufacturing, energy, construction, aviation and waste industries, as well as many others.
The team deals in particular with issues such as:
Environmental:
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Planning:
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- compliance
- response to enforcement action, defence of prosecutions
- regulatory and compliance issues
- advising on waste contracts and liability for cleanup
- defence of environmental criminal prosecutions
- environmental due diligence
- the preparation and review of environmental warranties
- negotiating indemnities and disclosures
- negligence, nuisance and trespass claims concerning environmental issues such as noise, smell and licence breaches
- climate change issues
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- compliance
- defence of S.160 planning injunctions
- appeals and oral hearings
- judicial review
- compulsory purchase orders
Health & Safety:
- compliance
- accident reportage and investigation
- defence of health and safety prosecutions
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