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Davidson Chalmers Stewart
12 HOPE STREET
EDINBURGH
EH2 4DB
United Kingdom
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Laura Tainsh

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Work Department

Environmental, waste and renewables team.

Position

Partner in the environmental, waste and renewables team. Deals with a wide range of environmental and energy issues and commercial projects covering all mediums (water, emissions, waste and resources). Specialism and substantial experience in environmental law, particularly waste and resource management, consenting, pollution and contamination and enforcement action. She has a varied practice with a wide-ranging client base including developers, landowners, investors, consultants and funders. She deals with due diligence, bespoke contractual drafting, permitting and consenting issues, waste and contaminated land, legislative interpretation, environmental taxes and environmental disputes (including regulator investigations, appeals, tribunals, judicial review and court actions).

Career

Trained Maclay Murray & Spens LLP, 2002-04; commercial property and projects assistant, Davidson Chalmers Stewart LLP 2004-10; environmental waste and renewables associate 2010-14; environmental waste and renewables partner 2014-date. Articles regularly published in ENDS, Scottish Planning and Environmental Law, Materials Recycling World and a range of other publications; LLM Dissertation on the Zero Waste Plan in Scotland published in the Lawtext Environmental Liability in 2010

Memberships

Vice Chair of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management Scottish Centre Council; UKELA Scottish Committee; Law Society of Scotland Environmental Law Committee; CCS Board Member; Accredited as an Environmental Law Specialist by the Law Society of Scotland; Chartered Waste Manager with the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management.

Education

Hutchesons’ Grammar School; University of Glasgow (2001); University of Dundee (2010, Masters Degree).

Leisure

Art, literature, music, travel, environmental issues.

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Real estate > Environment

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Laura Tainsh – Davidson Chalmers Stewart

Handling waste management issues constitutes a core strength of Davidson Chalmers Stewart‘s team, not least due to the expertise of practice head Laura Tainsh. Recent contentious instructions include Scottish Landfill Tax tribunal cases and enforcement actions, whereas in the non-contentious sphere, the group provides advice on contaminated land in addition to transactional, regulatory, compliance and contractual matters.

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