Brabners Chaffe Street Solicitors – Regulatory (including Health, Safety and Environment)

Regulatory (including Health, Safety and Environment)

The Brabners Chaffe Street Regulatory Team is recognised nationally as a leading commercial practice in the field of regulatory and environmental law.

Our specialist team of lawyers assists clients on a range of health and safety, environmental and other regulatory issues of major significance to their commercial activities.

We can provide transactional advice in relation to property, development and corporate/commercial matters. We can also provide specific advice on particular compliance issues and advise and represent clients in relation to any investigations or formal proceedings brought by the regulators, as well as in civil proceedings relating to health and safety, environmental and other regulatory matters.

Our experience and knowledge set us apart from our competitors in providing our clients with first class legal and commercial advice.

Transactional & Compliance Advice
Areas of specialism and expertise include advising businesses, developers, funders, local authorities and government agencies on:
– Asbestos related issues
– Brownfield development and regeneration projects
– Contaminated land liability
– Remediation programmes
– PPC permits
– Environment policies and audits
– Water law and pollution
– Waste regulation and management licensing (including agricultural waste)
– Producer responsibility obligations such as WEEE, ELVs, batteries and waste packaging
– Nature conservation
– Environmental insurance policies
– Health and safety policies and compliance

We help clients to identify and quantify the risks associated with the sale and purchase of companies, assets, real estate and projects. We then work closely with our clients to ensure the appropriate allocation of such risks.

The team also advises clients on general compliance with health and safety, environmental and other regulatory requirements.

Regulatory Investigations, Prosecutions and Related Legal Actions
The Team has a number of specialists who advise and represent clients where they are being investigated and/or prosecuted for regulatory offences, as well as in relation to other formal regulatory proceedings and related civil actions. We use our experience and understanding of the law to ensure the best possible outcomes for our clients.

The Team has particular expertise areas which include:
– Health and Safety
– Environmental Protection including water pollution and waste related matters
– Environmental Health
– Nuclear Safety, Safeguards and Security
– Food Safety
– Consumer Protection
– Trading Standards
– Freedom of Information and Access to Environmental Information
– Judicial Review
– Crisis and Disaster Management

Experience
Some examples of recent matters we have acted on include:
– Advising a waste management company on the acquisition of a landfill operator;
– Avoiding prosecution for a plc client accused of polluting a river;
– Advising a plastics producer on a successful appeal against an abatement notice;
– Advising a client on the purchase of an oil recycling business.

Enviro Wire
Follow this link to news and briefing notes concerning current environmental and other regulatory issues.

For more information contact: Claire Gregory

(Initial contacts will work with you and/or introduce you to the most appropriate lawyer for your enquiry)