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Christopher Badger
Position
Practice Areas: Environmental Regulation and Enforcement; Business Crime and Corporate Defence. Specialist in corporate and regulatory investigations and providing early stage advice. Recent instructions include: Advising in several significant commercial disputes in respect of environmental and health and safety obligations under EU and domestic law; judicial review proceedings challenging the implementation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme; Walker & Son (Hauliers) Ltd v Environment Agency [2014] 1 Cr. App. R. 30; [2014] Env L.R. 22 (leading authority on the statutory construction of “knowingly permit” in the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007 and 2010); EA v WB Ltd (Counsel on behalf of 2 companies and their director in the largest prosecution for the illegal export of waste to date); R v Rogers, Beaman and Tapecrown Ltd [2016] EWCA Crim 801 (leading authority on the admissibility of fresh evidence in appeals against sentence).
Career
Lincoln College, Oxford. Called to the Bar in 2002. Appointed as ‘A’ List Counsel on the Attorney General’s List of Specialist Regulatory Counsel in 2012.
Memberships
UKELA, HSLA, ARDL, SEC, CBA.
Education
Lincoln College; University of Oxford.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Environment
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Christopher Badger – Six Pump Court ‘Christopher is a true environmental specialist.’
‘Leading set in environmental law‘ Six Pump Court is well regarded for housing a team of ‘specialists in environmental law‘. In a prominent highlight for the set, a silk and two juniors – Stephen Hockman KC, Charles Morgan and Nicholas Ostrowski respectively – appeared before the Supreme Court in The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Water Ltd, a case arising from longrunning litigation over alleged sewage discharges into the Manchester Ship Canal. The main issues in the case focus on the operation of the sewerage system in England and Wales, and the liability of undertakers for polluting discharges. In another matter, Christopher Badger is representing a waste recycling company in judicial review proceedings concerning the company’s proposed exportation of hazardous waste to Norway.