Environmental Regulation

Challenging or complying with improvement, prohibition, suspension, revocation and abatement action.

Advising on applications, variations, transfers, surrender and compliance with permit conditions.

Providing board and workforce training, audits and practical compliance support.

Providing urgent advice following pollution, alleged breaches or other environmental events.

Representing clients where environmental incidents involve coroners, police, local authorities or other regulators.

Establishing facts, preserving evidence and assessing exposure under legal professional privilege.

Defending organisations, directors, managers and employees in magistrates’ and Crown Court proceedings.

Preparing written representations and supporting organisations and individuals at interviews under caution.

Advising on prevention, abatement notices, appeals and prosecutions.

Managing operational duties, incidents, liability and regulator engagement.

Our Partners take the time to understand what matters to each client and remain closely involved as work progresses. Their experience brings perspective, sound judgment and a clear sense of what may be needed next as we grow together. This continuity creates trusted relationships, keeps advice grounded in the wider context and gives clients direct access to the people responsible for guiding their most important decisions.

A relationship with us can develop as your ambitions, circumstances and priorities change, grow and evolve over the years. We bring together the right combination of legal and professional expertise from across the business, without losing the relationships and understanding already established. From our full spectrum of services for individuals and businesses alike through to our specialist services in chartered town planning, patent and trademark attorneys, tax, competition and regulatory with sector specialists across the board, you can draw on the broadest of capability while continuing to work with advisers who know what matters to you.

We believe clients shouldn't have to choose between accessibility and expertise. Our advisers are based in the communities where you live and work, providing the personal relationships and local understanding that come from being close at hand. Backed by a connected national business, you also get access to a wide range of specialist expertise.