Environment
Henderson Chambers has an established environmental law team and unrivalled experience of large-scale environmental group actions. It is listed as a leading set for environmental law by the Legal 500 and Chambers UK, and has won the Chambers UK award for Environment Set of the Year.
Members of chambers are engaged in many high-profile regulatory and criminal environmental proceedings, and in civil claims arising from pollution and other environmental issues. They have particular expertise in the railway, waste, transport and mining industries, where environmental issues often arise. Our long-standing and recognised pre-eminence in common law nuisance claims and in public law has led to unparalleled expertise in related areas of environmental law including risk management, pollution and waste management.
Henderson Chambers boasts a wide range of environmental law expertise at all levels, from silk to junior. Members undertake a wide range of work, from large scale disasters to small individual claims and prosecutions, and are adept at working both individually and in teams. Our members have been and are involved in seminal cases including Cambridge Water, Buncefield and the Volkswagen NOx Diesel Emissions Litigation.
The environmental expertise of Henderson Chambers is recognised nationally and internationally. Whether it is the dumping of waste oils off the Ivory Coast, or the exposure to radiation during atomic testing in the South Pacific, Henderson Chambers provides expert Counsel to clients across the globe. From the claims of Peruvian miners and the claims of Colombian farmers to the claims of residents in the Niger Delta, Henderson Chambers are the experts at environmental damage claims and group actions.
Members have acted in cases involving the alleged contamination of land or sea by chemicals, sewage and airborne dioxins, contamination of industrial and domestic water supplies, large-scale workplace contamination by asbestos and industrial chemicals. Henderson Chambers has expertise in flood claims and local authority liability (such as tree root claims). Our advisory work is of equal importance, covering private law and public law civil proceedings, non-litigious policy issues, internal company policies, best practice guidance and parliamentary committees. We also advise regulators and landowners on Environmental Protection Act, Land Drainage Act and Water Resources Act notices and licences.
