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
The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) has updated its comprehensive guidance on offshore environmental...
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has published a calculation that will enable governments to inform airlines of their first carbon...
The Department for Transport (DfT) has published updated guidance for suppliers of recycled carbon fuels under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation...
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), jointly with the Scottish Government and Welsh Government, has published its response to...
Ofwat has launched a consultation proposing changes to the regulatory accounting guidelines (RAGs) that govern companies’ annual performance reports...
Latest Environment Practice Notes
Planning for climate changeEffective spatial planning is an important part of a successful response to climate change, as it can influence the...
Waste planning in EnglandNational policy25-Year Environment Plan—the 25-Year Environment Plan sets out the government’s pledges to improve the...
Appropriate assessment/habitats regulations assessmentRequirement for appropriate assessment/habitats regulations assessmentTogether:•Part 1 of the...
Marine planning under Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009Marine planning in the UKMarine planning in the UK is governed by Part 3 of the Marine and...
Enhanced capital allowancesFORTHCOMING CHANGES: At Budget 2025, the government announced the introduction through Finance Bill 2026 of: •a reduction...
Latest Environment Precedents
EHS warranties—asset purchase agreement—seller’s versionDefinitionsEnvironment•all or any of the following media:(a)air (including air within...
EHS warranties—asset purchase agreement—buyer’s versionDefinitionsEnvironment• all or any of the following media:(a)air (including air within...
Environment health and safety (EHS) warranties—share purchase agreement—seller’s versionDefinitionsEnvironment•all or any of the following...
EHS warranties—share purchase agreement—buyer’s versionDefinitionsEnvironment• all or any of the following media:(a)air (including air within...
Transfer of environmental permits1DefinitionsContamination•means the presence of any Hazardous Substances in the soil and water at or under the...
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
Attribution
The process of apportionment of the liability for remediation action between different liability groups.
Climate neutral
in addition to having ‘net zero’ emissions, an organisation’s activities do not affect the climate in any way
Natural Resources Body for Wales
The Natural Resources Body for Wales is the environmental regulator for Wales. It was established as a statutory body by the Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012, SI 2012/1903 and became operational on 1 April 2013.
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