England - Yorkshire And The Humber • Real estate
Gateley Legal
Gateley Legal‘s environmental offering is catered towards clients seeking advice on regulatory complaints and Environment Agency investigations. Accordingly, the team works with a number of housebuilding and manufacturing clients facing accusations related to non-compliance on pollution, biodiversity and waste issues. Pauline Munro, who leads the team and offers extensive experience advising on contentious matters, maintains close relations with clients including Collins Earthworks and the Vistry Group.
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Key clients
- Bellway Homes Plc
- BioMarsh Environmental Ltd
- Certas Energy UK Limited
- Clearaway Limited
- Countrywide Properties
- Croudace Homes
- DCC Plc
- Donald Ward Limitd
- Dr. Oetker (UK) Limited
- Grupo Bimbo UK Limited
- Samworth Brothers
- Story Homes
- Taylor Wimpey Plc
- United Molasses Group
- Vistry Group
Work highlights
- Advised a national groundworks contractor on an investigation launched by the EA in relation to waste crime and the alleged illegal deposit of waste at one of it sites in the South of England.
- Advised a developer on an EA investigation into illegal site waste activities, where the client was accused of unlawfully shipping material to an illegal waste site instead of landfill.
- Advised the lead developer on a large consortium site in South Wales in the foot of a mountain range which was causing torrents of rainwater to flow across the site, taking silty water into high profile local watercourse, including a canal.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Pauline Munro