EU Environmental Law is the bedrock of all waste and industrial regulation and liability in the UK and most of Europe. It is rare for a point of law in any of these areas not to have some critical reference point under EU law, whether in the founding Treaties or in directly applicable EU Regulations or in the plethora of EU environmental directives or in the vast body of case law handed down by the European Court of Justice over the past half century.
All of this law has a more direct influence on UK law and regulation than is sometimes appreciated. This ‘EU impact’ is unavoidable. Indeed, it is dangerous to assess legal positions under UK law and regulation without careful consultation of the overriding EU legislation, case law and, in some instances, European Commission Decisions and Guidance.
The vast majority of Vincent Brown’s projects have been directly touched by issues of EU law, and in some cases have involved direct relationships with the European Commission and in others the actual application of EU law to UK circumstances. The landmark victory in the leading case of OSS Group Ltd v Environment Agency was an ‘EU law’ case which would have been referred to the European Court of Justice had not the Court of Appeal considered that the EU law arguments advanced by Vincent Brown and the barrister team were sufficiently clear and correct.
- Application of current EU law to your sector / business
- Assessment of UK regulation of your sector / business in light of overriding EU law
- Full Member State ‘conformity’ service
- Real liability exposure and how to deal with it
- Future-proofing against new EU law impacts on your sector
- Cross-border advice pack using our EU-27 network
- Cross-border end of waste service
- Cross-border industrial by-products service
- Expert bespoke consultation response service geared to your business
- Specific expert lobbying service:
- Legal accuracy in parliamentary representations/lobbying
- Network in Westminster and Brussels
- Formal complaints + Submissions:
- European Commission
- Parliamentary Ombudsman
- UK Government departments – DEFRA, DECC, DBIS
- Devolved Administrations
- Environment Agency
- SEPA
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency