our services
- Waste Management
Any business that produces waste (particularly hazardous waste) is obligated to ensure it controls its in-house waste matters correctly and compliantly which must be reviewed & resource improvements to their systems.
- Waste Treatment & Recycling
Oil recovery processes are a good example of the High v Low Capital Expenditure dilemma.Whether it is necessary to produce dark viscous oil or thin low sulfur ‘white’ oil, we can provide the right technical solution.
- planning & permitting
Our goal is to assist our clients to get their projects planned, built and operated on schedule, while meeting their own expectations for impacts on the environment.
- Quality Management
An effective Quality Management System can mitigate risks by using a process approach in conjunction with risk-based thinking, to achieve the business’s intended objectives in accordance with its quality policy and strategic plan.
- ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Companies are facing increasing demands to deliver innovative products/ services, in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. We deliver tailored solutions for companies to build their reputations as sustainable leaders.
- Health & Safety Management
We work closely with our clients to identify, assess and reduce risk and thereby maximize competitive advantage, This involves management systems, safety culture and emergency responses.
- END OF WASTE
We are able to identify the most appropriate strategy for compliance with REACH and if any EoW tests are subject to ISO17025 UKAS accredited laboratory procedures, we are able to implement those procedures and carry out audits.
- LEGAL DISPUTES
We have over 20 years’ experience with an excellent professional reputation working as an expert helping in defending clients with solicitors, faced with regulatory problems.
- OTHER SERVICES
We are also into Trans-frontier Shipment of Waste applications and continous Research & development on improving and streamlining the whole process.
About Us
Chris Williamson
Chris is a leading consultant in environmental and waste matters who managed the first successful defence to an Environment Agency Crown Court prosecution in 1998, as an abuse of the legal process. In 2007, he steered OSS Group Limited in its landmark Court of Appeal End of Waste ruling against the Environment Agency. In 2016, via a judicial review case brought by his company ProTreat Limited, he succeeded in changing the government’s legal position in England & Wales to bring Small Waste Oil Burners within the remit of the Industrial Emissions Directive.
Vincent Brown
Vincent Brown has almost 20 years’ experience advising corporations on their commercial, operational and regulatory strategies to meet the complex and continually developing demands of EU and UK law on industrial and commercial waste, contamination and pollution.
Gordon Wignall
Gordon Wignall is an experienced common law practitioner whose main interest is in advocacy and other varieties of written persuasion. He has a special interest in areas of the law which are within the scope of EU law. This is reflected by his knowledge of various types of regulatory proceedings, especially in environmental and financial cases (including judicial review, tribunal and criminal matters). He is familiar with principles of EU law relevant to competition and state aid.
Our Projects
Testimonials
Scott Williams
Strategic Client Officer Cheltenham Borough and Cotswold District Councils
Scott Williams
Strategic Client Officer Cheltenham Borough and Cotswold District Councils
Nicki Griffiths
Partner Ludlow Skip Hire
Nicki Griffiths
Partner Ludlow Skip Hire
Neil Richards
Managing Director, Cleansing Service Group
Neil Richards
Managing Director, Cleansing Service Group
Tom Cleary
Partner , Knights
Solicitors
Tom Cleary
Partner , Knights
Solicitors
Vincent Brown
Principal, Vincent Brown Associates
Specialist UK and EU Waste & Environment Law Practice
Vincent Brown
Principal, Vincent Brown Associates
Specialist UK and EU Waste & Environment Law Practice
Gordon Wignall
Barrister, 6 Pump Court Chambers
Gordon Wignall
Barrister, 6 Pump Court Chambers
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