About Environment Law
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?
Current awareness, horizon scanning and trackers
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.
Topics We Cover
Latest Environment News
Call for Climate Justice has announced that the Cantonal Court of Zug has ruled that a climate lawsuit filed by four Indonesian fishers against...
The European Commission has launched a consultation on a draft implementing regulation setting out EU-wide criteria to determine when plastic waste...
The European Commission has adopted an amendment to its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) State aid Guidelines to address the increased carbon leakage...
The Environment Agency (EA) has published its 2026 monitoring plan for packaging producer responsibility in England. The plan sets out the EA’s...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the outcome of its consultation on extending UK REACH transitional...
Latest Environment Practice Notes
Enhanced capital allowancesFORTHCOMING CHANGES: At Budget 2025, the government announced the introduction through Finance Bill 2026 of:•a reduction in...
Environmental enforcement undertakings—environmental permitting—trackerRegulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (RESA 2008) enables regulators to...
Environmental enforcement undertakings—wildlife and habitats—tracker [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not...
England and Wales environment tracker 2024—climate action, energy and emissions [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not...
England and Wales environment cases tracker 2024 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This tracker has been archived and is not maintained.This Environment cases...
Latest Environment Precedents
Pie crust lease of a unit on an estateHM Land Registry Prescribed ClausesLR1. Date of the lease[date]LR2. Title number(s)LR2.1 Landlord's title...
Restriction on title—environmental provisions binding on successors in title1Sale contract—restriction on title1.1The Buyer covenants with the Seller...
Leases—end of term environmental reportDefinitions[to be added at the start of the lease]End of Term Environmental Report•an intrusive phase 2 soil...
Letter requesting environmental consultant proposal for phase 1 audit[Project name OR address of property]This Precedent can be used in corporate and...
EHS warranties—asset purchase agreement—seller’s versionDefinitionsEnvironment•all or any of the following media:(a)air (including air within...
Latest Environment Q&As
Featured Environment content
Private nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher—common law liability for environmental harm
Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher—common law liability for pollutionPrivate nuisancePrivate nuisance is an unlawful interference with a...
Public nuisance—general principles
Public nuisance—general principlesPublic nuisanceThe common law offence of public nuisance was abolished by section 78 of the Police, Crime,...
Meaning of waste—definition of waste
Meaning of waste—definition of wasteDefinition of Waste'Waste' is defined in the Waste Framework Directive, Directive 2008/98/EC (WFD) as any...
Environment Agency (EA)—powers of entry
Environment Agency (EA)—powers of entryThe Environment Agency (EA), Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have...
Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSE)—environmental and health and safety considerations and additional enquiries
Commercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSE)—environmental and health and safety enquiriesCommercial Property Standard Enquiries (CPSEs) are industry...
Highway drains and culverts
Highway drains and culvertsFor the purposes of s 100 of the Highways Act 1980, a ‘highway drain’ is defined as including a ditch, gutter, watercourse,...
Environmental insurance—when is it needed?
Environmental insurance—when is it needed?What is environmental insurance?Environmental insurance is a risk transfer solution to indemnify the insured...
Riparian ownership—rights and responsibilities
Riparian ownership—rights and responsibilitiesWhat does riparian ownership mean and who does it affect?‘If you own land or property next to a river,...
Control of asbestos—asbestos surveys
Control of asbestos—asbestos surveysLegal requirementsThere is a legal presumption that any non-domestic buildings (and the common parts of domestic...
Environmental management—environmental management systems (EMS)
Environmental management—environmental management systems (EMS)What is an environmental management system (EMS)?An environmental management system...
Water pollution—legislation
Water pollution—legislation This Practice Note looks at the key legislation in England and Wales for controlling and preventing water pollution and...
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)—snapshot
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)—snapshotTitleUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)Parties168Adopted10...
Judicial review—sufficient interest (standing) in environmental matters
Judicial review—sufficient interest (standing) in environmental mattersOriginally produced in partnership with Alistair Mills of Landmark Chambers and...
Contaminated land—remediation notices (service and appeal)
Contaminated land—remediation notices (service and appeal)What is a remediation notice?A remediation notice is a formal written notice that requires...
Energy performance certificates (EPCs)—issues for commercial landlords and tenants
Energy performance certificates (EPCs)—issues for commercial landlords and tenantsThis Practice Note looks at some of the key practical issues for...
Environmental management—environmental legal registers
Environmental management—environmental legal registersWhat is a legal register?A legal register is the documented output from a process where an...
Environmental liabilities—what are clean-up liabilities?
Environmental liabilities—what are clean-up liabilities?Clean-up liabilities are legal and financial obligations to remediate pollution or...
Contaminated land—meaning of remediation
Contaminated land—meaning of remediationMeaning of remediation'Remediation' is given a relatively wide definition in the Environmental Protection Act...
Associated legal terms
Directive waste
Any substance or object which the holder discards, intends to discard or is required to discard (Article 3(1) of the revised Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) (rWFD).
List of wastes
The pan-European classification system of wastes, formerly known as the European Waste Catalogue.
Operational Risk Assessment
The operational risk assessment tool used by the Environment Agency to assess the risks to the environment from Regulated Facilities.
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