Amazon.com description: Product Description: This trusted handbook provides an accessible and concise guide to the effect of environmental law on property, financial and business transactions. It has been comprehensively updated by experts in their field to take account of all the developments in legislation and case law. The 7th edition benefits from an improved breadth of coverage brought by its new authors and includes: - new chapters on: climate change, environmental damage, insolvency, planning and development, and environmental consultants - practical advice on how to identify risks and mitigate environmental liabilities - analysis of the impact of the recent legislation, including: the Climate Change Act 2008, Environmental Damage Regulations 2009, Environmental Permitting Regulations 2008 - a substantial range of precedents.