We are specialists in this niche area of law. Our solicitors regularly act for companies and individuals in this sector from waste operators to suppliers. They routinely deal with all regulatory and industrial bodies.
Our solicitors are active members of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management which helps them to keep abreast of changes in this challenging sector.
Our solicitors are fully conversant with the commercial and practical background to waste management and can advise on all legal aspects of production, carriage, handling, treatment and disposal of wastes including:
- Environmental permitting and exemptions which includes;
- PPC;
- End of life vehicles;
- Water discharge consents;
- Waste management;
- Hazardous Waste;
- Clinical waste;
- WEEE;
- Packaging waste;
- End of waste tests;
- Duty of care and waste carriers;
- Managing and defending regulatory actions such as:
- Investigations;
- Interviews under Caution;
- Prosecutions;
- Civil Penalties;
- Planning and planning enforcement issues;
- Specialist due diligence;
- Contracts and terms of business;
- Energy from waste (for more detail see renewable energy);
- Landfill tax and the formation of approved environmental bodies;
- Leases and land ownership issues;
- Contaminated land;
- Environmental damage and liability;
- Site waste management plans;
- All aspects of nuisance;
- Judicial review of Environmental Agency and local authority decisions;
- Transport and vehicle issues.
