The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (FWMA 2010) was devised following a number of high-profile and serious flooding events, including the devastating flooding events in Cockermouth in 2009. It was created in order to strengthen the management of flooding risk in England and Wales, and enhance co-operation between the national and local bodies
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Michael leads the environment team and the cross-firm water sector team. Michael covers contentious and non-contentious business for a range of clients from a variety of sectors.
He has substantial experience of running cases in criminal courts, tribunals and civil courts to the Supreme Court as well as other methods of dispute resolution including arbitration and mediation.
On the non-contentious side, Michael has particular expertise in energy efficiency, contaminated land and environmental permitting but has advised on a broad range of topics over the last 15 years.
Michael is a former editor of the Environmental Law Review, regularly lectures on environmental law and contributes articles to environmental journals.
• In January 2023 I joined Pennon Group to lead a new in-house environmental law team in support of its water and waste-water businesses.
• At university I studied chemistry and law, and since then I have sought to use both my training in the scientific method and my skills in legal analysis and advocacy to solve complex environmental issues.
• For nearly two decades I was in private practice. As a partner in UK law firm Burges Salmon, and then a partner in Washington D.C. headquartered Steptoe & Johnson, I practiced UK and EU environmental law and regulation for clients across many sectors, working alongside and learning from colleagues who are real experts and masters of environmental law.
• I now use my skills and expertise in England's water sector, working with South West Water, Bristol Water and Bournemouth Water. As a life-long resident of the West of England, I can use my abilities to have a real impact on the environment around me and support dedicated and hard-working colleagues in the water and waste-water sector providing the environmental services on which we all rely.
