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Have you been instructed at short notice to advise on transactions or new environmental legislation outside your comfort zone? Are you up-to-date with the latest changes in environmental regulation – and have a sense of what’s on the horizon?

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Our curated daily news alerts, environmental law podcast and dedicated environmental law trackers, split according to topic and covering consultations and legislation, alongside our cases tracker, will save you time.

Air emissions and climate change

We show where climate change targets come from at national, European and international levels, plus we detail climate reporting and disclosure frameworks, track litigation and provide practical guidance for your business

Brexit and divergence

We detail the environmental law regimes that have been impacted by Brexit and track EU/UK/GB divergence.

Transactional support

We’ll give you transactional support guides and precedents for the environmental and health and safety (EHS) issues that environmental lawyers need to consider when supporting corporate and property deals.

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When raising queries of a seller of commercial property, the seller refuses to provide Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) asserting that the building is exempt from obtaining an EPC under Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 (EPC Regs) due to its listed status. Is proof of its listed status sufficient, or should further evidence be provided to confirm the exemption under the EPC Regs? In addition, does the age of a building (eg 400 years old) exempt a seller from providing an asbestos survey under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, particularly where the building may have undergone works?
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In respect of the duty to manage asbestos in non-residential premises, do ‘premises’ include open land (parks, unused/disused/vacant industrial sites, etc)? It is not defined in the regulations, but the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 defines ‘premises’ as ‘any place’
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Would planning permission be required for a sustainable drainage system and is there a mechanism for deciding who would have the ongoing maintenance requirements, in the absence of Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 being brought into force in England?
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Where does the authority come from which requires developers to enter into an agreement with water companies when they want to develop land which is close to a public sewer as per the 2011 Transfer regulations? In other words, where does the statutory power come from that gives water companies the right to ask for permission to develop on the land?
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Where a property is owned jointly by two SIPPs and is being transferred to one of the SIPPs is there a requirement to obtain an EPC for the property?
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Circular economy

The circular economy is a model of production and consumption, which involves designing products and materials for sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling so that products can last for as long as possible.  In this way, the life cycle of products is extended.

Contaminated Land Warning Card

A warning card published by the Law Society in relation to contaminated land which indicates that as a matter of best practice solicitors must consider whether contamination is an issue in every property transaction.

European waste catalogue

The waste classification scheme that categorises waste types according to what they are and how they were produced.
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