Environmental and public law
Kromann Reumert's real estate, environmental and construction law group environmental and public law group provides legal advice to business clients and public authorities on all issues involving environmental and public law.
We advise on environmental and regulatory issues in both isolated and ongoing cases, and assist our clients in complaints and legal proceedings in these areas.
Our expertise
We specialise in i.a.:
- planning legislation
- real estate regulation
- environmental regulation of enterprises/contaminating activities
- soil contamination
- waste
- environmental issues in case of a business transfer, or a sale or purchase of (business) properties
- public utilities, etc.
- legal issues relating to roads, including the rights and obligations of owners of pipes, drains, wires, cables and supply lines
- the mounting of signs in public and private areas
- legal issues of local authorities, including the non-statutory powers of municipalities and municipal business activity
- sale of real estate owned by municipalities according to the relevant statutory order, including derogations and exemptions from the statutory rules
- urban and port development, including the formation of urban and port development companies
- compulsory sale
- administrative law, including i.a. formal and substantive requirements to be observed for decisions to be effective
- public authorities' liability for damages in case of void decisions, e.g. ineffective planning permissions or local plans.