Climate and nature

Through strategic legal action, our diverse team of lawyers is committed to environmental justice and tackling the climate and nature emergency by holding public bodies accountable and driving systemic change. Our firm operates sustainably and brings extensive experience in strategic cases that create real impact.

What We Do

We represent individuals, community groups, and environmental organisations to challenge decisions by local authorities, central government, and public bodies that harm the environment or undermine urgent climate action.

We specialise in public law claims, damages actions for environmental harm, and human rights cases linking environmental damage to human rights violations.

We also provide legal opinions, pre-litigation research, advice on OECD complaints, and strategic guidance for environmental organisations.

Our Expertise

Our Climate and Nature team brings a wealth of experience in environmental and human rights law and we have acted in a wide range of environmental cases, including:

• Overturning planning permission for a redevelopment in Sussex.
• Blocking Thames Water’s use of Bermondsey green space for the Thames Tunnel.
• Securing government compliance with energy efficiency directives.
• Representing clients in inquiries relating to Epping Forest highway modifications.
• Advising residents opposing retail developments.
• Acting for Friends of the Earth in judicial review of the Welsh Government’s decision to build a motorway over vulnerable wetlands.
• Challenging planning permission for waste incinerators.
• Judicial review of decisions to grant planning permission for biomass plants.
• Planning challenges to the use of large-scale asylum accommodation, including challenging the legality of environmental screening decisions.

Key Practice Areas

• Water and Rivers – Water quality and pollution cases, river restoration and protection claims, flooding and water management disputes, collaborating with the London Waterkeeper
• Climate Change – Corporate climate accountability claims, government climate policy challenges, infrastructure and planning disputes with climate implications
• Biodiversity and Nature – Habitat protection cases, species conservation disputes, environmental impact assessment challenges

Funding Options

We understand environmental cases need flexible funding. Options include foundation and grant funding (including FILE – Fund for International Law and the Environment), Crowdfunding for landmark cases, legal aid where available, private funding, and discounted conditional fee arrangements. We also undertake pro bono and reduced fee work for strategic cases and under-resourced community groups.

Why Choose Us

We have established relationships with specialist environmental barristers, strong NGO and civil society connections, and academic partnerships providing research support. Our track record demonstrates our commitment to protecting our environment through effective legal action.

Contact us to discuss how we can help with your environmental legal needs.