Simon leads the firm's environment team and is also head of the firm's energy and utility sector.
Simon is client relationship partner for a number of our leading energy and utility clients. That role gives him unique insight and understanding of the pressures and requirements that operators in the energy and utility sector are subject to.
He works closely with those clients to understand what is important to them and how we can help them to achieve their goals.
Simon is currently advising on an EfW project in MId-Wales, the roll out of 25 small scale CHP plants nationally, the export of RDF and SRF from the UK, enforcement/prosecutions being brought by the EA and NRW, as well as related civil sanctions, compensation claims pursuant to the WIA 1991, an end of waste application that is now with the Court of Appeal, the disposal of former manufacturing facilities for US corporations for remediation and subsequent development, and the Mersey Tidal project.
Simon is a member of CIWM and writes a regular column in their journal, he is a fellow of IEMA and delivers a quarterly legal update webinar for them, he is also a member of the Institute of Water. He has supported the Broadway initiative and a group of legal experts in supporting DEFRA with the formation of the new Environment Bill.
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Following our third General Counsel roundtable discussion, we outline the key themes that emerged.
Following our second General Counsel roundtable discussion, we outline the key themes that emerged from a very insightful conversation
Following our cyber security roundtable discussion in February, here, we look at the key themes that emerged from a very insightful conversation
The recent Court of Appeal judgment ruled that landowners may be entitled to sue under the law of private nuisance if Japanese Knotweed on…
Is there a risk of smart meters being used to gather digital data that could fall in to the wrong hands? Simon Colvin assesses the threat.
Legal Directory Quote
Simon Colvin is "commercial, responsive and has a good grasp of business needs and excellent knowledge of environmental law". Legal 500 2019