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Groundsure Answers the Public…on Flooding
In the next of our “Answer the Public” series, we respond to the hottest search terms that people are asking about flooding and flood risk affecting homes and home buying. The aim is to help with concerns you may have if a flood risk has been identified in one of our reports and what you […]
Natural Flood Management with the Sussex Flow Initiative
On the 16th of January four members of Groundsure joined the Sussex Flow Initiative (SFI) for a day of Hedgerow planting at the Middleton Estate in Westmeston, East Sussex. The SFI, formed in 2012, is an organisation that works with Natural Flood Management to help mitigate and reduce flood risk. Through measures such as leaky […]
Groundsure launches new climate risk microsite for conveyancers
“It is essential conveyancers can explain potential risks to clients and lenders as simply and clearly as possible, but there is still some concern about what they should do. These new tools will improve client understanding of climate risks in the transaction”, says Dan Montagnani, CEO We have launched a set of new climate clauses […]
How are lawyers responding to climate risk?
Solicitors and their PSLs will be interested to know that easy to understand, property specific climate risk assessment data is now readily available – such as Groundsure’s ClimateIndex module which is freely included within its standard environmental reports. This is a very important development. Lawyers who fail to advise their clients about climate related risks […]
Do Solicitors have a Legal Duty of Care to advise their Property (and other) Clients about Climate Risk?
In the next in my series of blogs on climate change and its potential forward impact on property transactions, I turn now to perhaps THE critical question. Do property lawyers and conveyancers need to consider climate in the transaction above standard environmental risk data. And given that climate data is now available, some of the […]
Smart lenders regard climate change as a tier 1 risk
Article originally published in Mortgage Finance Gazette – 10th June 2022 “Who cares if Miami is six metres underwater in 100 years?” asked Stuart Kirk, head of responsible investing at HSBC Asset Management, during a recent conference. “Amsterdam has been six metres underwater for ages, and that’s a really nice place. We will cope with […]
Which geo-environmental risks should property lawyers (and our clients) be most concerned about?
Lawyers and Environmental Data Solicitors and their Professional Support Lawyers could sometimes feel besieged by an ever-increasing number of different types of environmental reports which they are required or encouraged to commission. Reports for flooding, contaminated land, ground stability and other types of geo-environmental risks. There are now separate reports for climate risk, albeit of […]
York: Clay Pits and Climate Change – Mapping the Risks
Yorkshire has a long and proud coal mining history, but it has played host to a far wider range of other mining and excavation. The city of York sits within a vale of glacial gravels, sands and clays that has proved to be rich pickings to equip the urbanisation and industrialisation of the major population […]
Property at Risk from Norwich’s Hidden Chalk Mining Legacy
Mining in Norfolk’s county town is suggested to date back as early as the 12th Century. However, across the county, there is clear evidence of mineral extraction dating back over 5000 years. In this latest case study examining major cities and the impacts of non-coal mineral mining, we look at how chalk has shaped the […]
Flooding by Franklin on a Conveyor of Storms
Whether it is the act of naming storms that has brought them to more prominence or the fact that three of them happened in one week, our latest turbulent weather has again publicised and underlined our vulnerabilities from the changing climate. Storm Dudley crossed the north of England and brought high winds and damage to […]