Environmental Law Chambers Ltd is being launched by Barry Love, one of the UK's five accredited environmental law specialists, based in Glasgow and available to provide quality advice throughout the UK to businesses and public authorities that are concern

PRESS DISPENSARY - Monday, Mar 22, 2010 - At a time when global warming and sustainable economic growth are hotter topics than ever (with new laws to match), the demand for environmental lawyers is rising. With this in mind, Barry Love - one of just five solicitors accredited as an environmental law specialist in the UK - is launching Environmental Law Chambers Ltd (<a href="http://www.elchambers.com">http://www.elchambers.com</a> ), a breakaway company from the successful environmental law team that forms part of Scottish firm, Semple Fraser LLP.

Based in Glasgow and available to advise on environmental law throughout the UK, Environmental Law Chambers Ltd will provide top quality advice to businesses and public authorities that are concerned about their environmental practices and regulatory compliance. The firm covers a wide spectrum of issues relating to waste, recycling, contaminated land, water pollution, air quality, water/sewerage infrastructure, nature conservation, regulation of industrial processes using permits, energy efficiency, carbon reductions, climate change, carbon trading, sustainability and more.

The firm will initially be operated by Barry Love, with additional lawyers being hired to join him later in the year.

Barry Love says: "Most of the legal profession shies away from environmental law - they see it as complex, almost a black art. Specialist law firms aren't a new thing but a specialist environmental law firm is unusual - especially when it exists to service the needs of businesses and local and public authorities, rather than (as some firms do) simply objecting to everything on behalf of protest groups."

He adds: "Environmental Law Chambers will help businesses cope with the bewildering mass of environmental law, so they can comply with the demands of environmental regulators at the least cost. It's a win-win situation for our clients who not only benefit from our considerable expertise but will also enjoy the competitive fees charged by a niche firm. We've totally broken away from the 'large firm' model where the hourly charge out rates for senior partners can be GBP 300 or more. The cost savings we offer clients are invaluable in these economically-challenged times."

In addition to helping clients at a reasonable cost, Environmental Law Chambers Ltd is well placed to handle outsourced work from other law firms that don't have environmental specialists on their existing teams and who want to offer their clients a top quality service under their own 'umbrella'. "They can outsource work to us and we can guarantee that we won't try to attract wider work streams from that client - as we simply don't carry out any mainstream work like Property, Corporate or general litigation," says Barry Love.

Love concludes: "Environmental law is a tremendous growth area, whatever your personal opinion about climate change. While this field used to be about just pollution and nature conservation, now it embraces chemicals, waste, climate change, renewable energy and nanotechnology. With carbon reduction measures in the legal pipeline too, the whole field is set to become increasingly complicated. In this situation, clients need to obtain the best quality legal advice so they can make business decisions that comply with the latest environmental laws and don't land them in 'hot water'. As clients often say, if you can help keep us in the black and out of jail, you've done your job."

Notes for editors

Environmental Law Chambers Ltd is being established by Barry Love, an environmental law specialist who decided to set up his own practice following a successful role as one of two partners in the environmental law team at Semple Fraser LLP, Glasgow, Scotland.

Environmental Law Chambers Ltd is based in Scotland and is regulated by the Law Society of Scotland but is authorised to advise clients throughout the UK on environmental law matters.

At present, only five lawyers are recognised as accredited specialists in environmental law by the Law Society of Scotland, and Barry Love is one of these lawyers. The English Law Society currently doesn't have an "environmental law" category within its recognised list of accredited specialist areas. So, in effect, there are only five accredited environmental law specialists in the UK.

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession describes Barry Love "a delight to work with", while Legal 500 refers to him as "highly regarded".

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