Hill Dickinson has a growing reputation for providing high-quality environmental advice to clients in all sectors.
The team advises on all aspects of environmental legislation and compliance including waste management, water pollution, producer responsibility legislation and environmental permits. The work includes legal audits, civil pollution claims and the defence of prosecutions by local authorities, the Environment Agency and DEFRA. This involves advice on investigations, attendance at interviews under caution and representation at the Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court.
The experience of the team is diverse and recent work includes:
- Advice to an international shipping company on the transfrontier shipment of waste
- The management of high-value and complex pollution claims for an insurance company
- Marine environmental protection issues
- The defence of a large-scale pesticides prosecution
Members of the team work closely with clients to anticipate the challenges and business opportunities created by new environmental developments. They also contribute to organisations committed to promoting environmental best practice in business.
Particular areas of advice include:
- Waste regulation
- Chemicals and pesticides
- Contaminated land
- Producer responsibility legislation
- Environmental due diligence
- Environmental prosecutions
- Civil pollution claims
- Water pollution and water management
- The Environmental Liability Directive
- Environmental permits
- Asbestos controls
"This team is known for its skills in high-value
complex contentious matters and also advises large utility clients
on statutory liabilities and nuisance claims."
