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Understanding Permits and the Impact to Commercial Transactions
Considering purchasing an agricultural, commercial or industrial property? Have you considered the effect of environmental permits registered at the property, which could cause significant delays in conveyancing and incur additional costs? Overlooking the complexities of conveyancing of properties with environmental permits can lead to unforeseen financial burdens, significant delays and unknowingly accepting environmental liabilities. By […]
Coastal Erosion and Landfill Exposure: Future Impacts of Climate Change
The UK’s historic coastline is a ticking pollution time bomb that is being rapidly accelerated by the impacts of climate change and landfill exposure. Beneath the surface of our glorious national coast lies a rather dirty history that is being brought to the surface by the impacts of coastal erosion. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/45m-clean-up-operation-lynemouth-20775462 As an island nation […]
What the heatwaves tell us about the future of conveyancing
Article originally published in Mortgage Finance Gazette on 30th August 2022 Europe’s rivers ran dry as scientists warned this summer’s drought could be the worst in 500 years. In places, the Loire could be crossed on foot; France’s longest river had never flowed so slowly. The Rhine almost became impassable to barge traffic. In Italy, […]
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Bexleyheath Sinkhole: Sinking in the Suburbs
Last week, a major new sinkhole appeared in an unassuming residential street in Bexleyheath, south east London. It caught the local headlines as the video of the hole opening up across the full width spread virally. Of greatest concern was the immediate impact to local traffic, infrastructure and potentially surrounding houses. But what lay beneath […]
Liverpool’s Deepest Secret: The Williamson Tunnels
Built by eccentric philanthropist Joseph Williamson, a network of tunnels run under the city of Liverpool. Their true purpose is widely disputed and remains a mystery to this day. These high vaulted features sit above cuts into the native sandstone beds below. But why build them? What were they for and do they have any […]
The Case for Updating The Law Society’s Environmental Practice Notes due to the Climate Crisis
What are Practice Notes? Over the years the Law Society of England and Wales has issued more than 100 Practice Notes to its 160,000 members. They are designed to describe good practice and, whilst we are not strictly obliged to follow them, it makes sense for us to do so. In case of complaints by […]
COP26: Towards better climate change due diligence in property transactions
With COP26 well underway, we have heard many world leaders’ speeches proclaiming that the time to act and deliver on our promises is now. Commitments to reduce emissions over decades seem to run in the face of real and present dangers to our communities, so for us it is about how we mitigate and interact […]
An Interns Experience Working at Groundsure
This year at Groundsure we have worked closely with Reading University to help give Alex Harman. Alex is an Environmental Science undergraduate, the opportunity to gain some crucial work experience within the mining and environmental searches industry. We have really enjoyed working alongside Alex and found his fresh insights, keen determination, knowledge and calm, measured […]
Climate change is pouring down
As the global climate undergoes rapid and unprecedented changes, the frequency and severity of flood events in the United Kingdom are due to increase. In the first two weeks of November 2019, the UK received a huge deluge of rain, which resulted in widespread river and surface water flooding. Subsequently, the Environment Agency (EA) issued […]