This clause bank for environmental lawyers brings together examples of the most commonly used environmental clauses with drafting notes and practice notes giving guidance on how these clauses should be used and negotiation tactics.
Practice Notes in this subtopic include:
Contaminated land—agreement on liabilities
Contaminated land—excluding liability
New starters commercial property transactions collection (EHS issues)—contract phase
New starters commercial property transactions collection (EHS issues)—sale contract tactics when acting for a seller
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