Dr Louise Smail – författare

Sentencing guidelines impose tough penalties for health and safety and environmental offences: how can you avoid them?The introduction of the sentencing guidelines in February 2016 has seen health and safety prosecutions treble, particularly in relation to corporate manslaughter, with tougher penalties imposed and fines exceeding £20 million being handed down. With fines having a detrimental effect on both turnover and reputation, how can companies protect themselves?HSE and Environment Agency Prosecution: The New Climate is an accessible reference work that provides guidance to ensure that companies have the correct, stringent risk management and procedures in place in order to protect themselves against exposure to such fines.Through the use of worked cases studies, checklists and charts the expert advice provided is put into context, whether you are a practitioner needing to advise your client, a company director, an in-house lawyer, or a health and safety professional.Split into four sections, this new title covers:Managing Risk; The Law; Enforcement and Sentencing; Inquests and Claims.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.

The renewable energy sector is changing rapidly, from funding and legislation through to technology and supply chain. People have relied on many sources for energy in both industry and everyday life, including oil, gas, coal and wood. Renewable energy is now overtaking fossil fuels and as solar energy and wind power become cheaper and more competitive, it is important to understand how the renewableenergy market and relevant law is developing. The Law of Renewable Energy examines the current and future renewable energy options and the legal challenges that surround them. Does renewable mean climate friendly and what about growing crops for energy? If you want to have an understanding of how renewable energy is being used, not just in the UK and Europe but throughout the world, then this is the book for you.This brand new title includes:an overall view on the move to renewablesanalysis of renewable energy casesindustry trendsenvironmental impacta section on future thinkinga global view of renewablesThis book is essential reading for practitioners and anyone with a commercial interest in renewable energy.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Environmental Law online service.

Water pollution law is the most developed of the pollution control systems. This title contains a comprehensive account of water and waste legislation plus a detailed interpretation of the relevant statutory provisions and associated case law.This book includes:- A detailed interpretation of the relevant statutory provisions and associated case law- The impact of Brexit on current regulations- Discussions surrounding UK desalination plants, end of life vehicles and nature conservation- The changes in international regulations and the impact that this has on UK water and waste regulation- The regulation of water quality standards, water pollution control, fisheries, navigation, flood, coastal protection and marine pollution with a wide range of water pollution offencesThe detailed treatment of the issues involved will enable environmental and energy law practitioners to feel confident in what is a complicated area of law.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Environmental Law online service.