Craig Burman > Schofield Sweeney > Bradford, England > Lawyer Profile
Schofield Sweeney Offices
CHURCH BANK HOUSE
CHURCH BANK
BRADFORD
BD1 4DY
England
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Craig Burman
Work Department
Environmental & Regulatory
Position
Partner
Career
Craig heads up the department, working with businesses and individuals on environmental and regulatory matters.
He deals with both contentious and non-contentious issues, including environmental incidents, workplace accidents, health and safety and environmental notices, investigations, actions, disputes, contaminated land, asbestos, fracking, local authority matters (odour, noise, planning enforcement), and land-related development.
Craig regularly advises those being investigated or enforced against, public bodies and local authorities with enforcement functions, and third parties who are affected by environmental matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Real estate > Environment
(Leading partners)Schofield Sweeney‘s environmental and regulatory practice stands out for its expertise in environmental compliance issues, where the team advises on contentious investigations and enforcement actions relating to waste disposal, air, noise and water pollution and non-compliance with permits, for which clients praise the team’s ‘wealth of practical and often industry-based knowledge’. Other areas of expertise include handling the environmental aspects of transactions and providing flood risk advice. Practice head Craig Burman is highly regarded in this space and has extensive experience in environmental legislation enforcement, particularly with regards to the Environment Agency. Ian Anderson is also noted.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Yorkshire and the Humber > Real estate > Environment
- Environment Yorkshire and the Humber > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector > Education
- Real estate > Environment
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Energy and projects
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Construction
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms