Our team represent individuals (often as company officer or director) and companies who require advice to ensure regulatory compliance with environmental legislation. This can include advice in relation to avoiding any future prosecution or challenging or adhering to environmental regulations and restrictions.
We offer excellent representation for those being prosecuted for an environmental offences and are well accustomed at providing advice and representation in criminal proceedings brought by the Environment Agency or Natural Resources Wales.
We have extensive expertise in defending and prosecuting allegations of environmental crime at all levels from the Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court through to the appellate courts.
Our expertise includes:
- Waste offences, including fly-tipping
- Breach of Tree Preservation Order
- Abatement notices
- Offences contrary to the Environmental Permitting Regulations
- Hazardous material
- Nuisance and Noise offences
- Pollution and Water offences