Waite and Jewell Environmental Law in Property Transactions

Waite and Jewell: Environmental Law in Property Transactions provides a comprehensive practitioner guide to the environmental issues in the UK that arise in property transactions. The book is divided into three key sections: (1.) Commentary and guidance on the property transaction and identifies where the environmental issues might occur. (2.) Broader discussion and explanation of specific UK environmental law issues that the practitioner needs to know about. (3.) Provision of precedents to assist the busy property lawyer. This fourth edition offers a general update following the last edition in 2009 and covers the UK's Green Deal, Climate Change Regulations, and the significant number of Environmental Permitting Regulations and Waste Regulations that have amassed since the last edition. Also included is a whole new chapter on climate change. Contents include: Part I - Approaching the Transaction: the need for information * preliminary enquiries * freedom of access to environmental information * local land charges search * local authority and water company enquiries * other sources of information * environmental survey * assessing and managing environmental risk - contractual provision and environmental insurance * particular transactions - leases and lending * development contracts * transferring permits *** Part II - The Broader Context: civil liability * statutory nuisance * contaminated land * waste * water * built environment * nature conservation * integrated pollution control and atmospheric pollution * climate change *** Part III - Precedents.