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Environment and Climate

Our environment and climate group is independently ranked as a ‘first tier’ firm.

quotes Strong depth of knowledge in environmental and commercial matters, and consistently provide reliable and responsive advice, often in complicated situations. My first port of call for legal issues related to our projects. Legal 500, 2020

Our team is led by two partners, Alice Whittaker and Rachel Minch, who between them have almost 30 years’ experience specialising in this area.

At Philip Lee we focus on areas where we can make a difference. We spot opportunities and develop areas of expertise with high potential. We offer highly strategic and commercial advice. Both national and international clients turn to us not only for our legal skills, but also our deep understanding of the ever-changing legislative and policy environments in which our clients operate.

Our clients rely on our environmental team’s expertise, particularly our strength in European law to help manage environmental risks and liabilities.

We devise highly successful consenting strategies for a rich variety of environmental and infrastructure projects.

We provide representation at oral hearings, consultations and in Court proceedings, including contract disputes, legal challenges to consent decisions and enforcement litigation.

We provide transactional support through our robust environmental due diligence processes.

Key areas where clients seek our advice

  • Judicial Review and Environmental Litigation
  • Environmental Assessments – SEA, EIA and Habitats / Appropriate Assessment
  • Environmental Licensing – IPPC/Industrial Emissions (IED) and Enforcement
  • Waste Licensing / Permitting and Enforcement
  • Hazardous Waste Management, Licensing and Enforcement
  • Water discharge and abstraction
  • Groundwater remediation
  • Water Services and Waste Water Treatment
  • Foreshore Developments, Licenses and Leases
  • Marine Strategy Framework / Marine Spatial Planning
  • Subsea Cables and Pipelines, International Law of the Sea
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Emissions Trading
  • Air Quality and Climate Action legislation

 

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Advising a multinational waste management company on the application for strategic infrastructure development consent and environmental waste licence for a new facility

Advising a water infrastructure and services company on water services legislation, policy developments and related opportunities

Advising a construction company in relation to the appropriate management of hazardous waste materials under the construction contract and in accordance with the law

Advising Government Department in relation to an application for aquaculture / foreshore licence for large-scale offshore fish farm

Advising Irish and overseas developers (including semi-state companies), promoters and funders of offshore and onshore wind farm projects

Advising multinational company in relation to management of groundwater issues at an industrial site

Advising privately funded and state owned companies on the development of subsea cables in the telecommunications and energy sectors

Blogarrow_down

Update: Further extension of planning timelines under Section 251A of the Planning and Development Act 2020

Ready Steady RESS 1 – Applications for Qualification to be submitted by 30 April and Revised Auction Timetable published

Further extension of planning timelines to Saturday 9th May

Planning system time limits changed under emergency legislation

Emergency Covid-19 Bill addresses Planning and Development and Building Control

Do solar projects require EIA?

Significant Supreme Court decision on the duties of Public body decision makers

Minister plans to introduce legal restrictions to speed up planning and development

Elaine Kelly Dunne & Or. -v- Offaly County Council and Guessford Limited Trading as Oxigen (May 2019)

Recent change to Basel Convention on waste aims to curb dumping of plastic waste

Mitigation Measures in Appropriate Assessment

Apple data centre appeal decided 

Limestone Cowboy

Climate Update May 2016 

Paris Climate Agreement: summary of the key points agreed

Environment and planning case update Summer 2015 

The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill made easy 

Environment and planning case update Spring 2015 

Ireland Proposes new wind guidelines

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Connected Ireland: How subsea fibre optic cables help to drive our social, economic and industrial development

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Alice Whittaker
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Rachel Minch
PARTNER

Philip Lee
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Siobhan McCabe
PARTNER

Leonora Mullett
SENIOR ASSOCIATE

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