Introduction -- What are environmental liabilities -- Environmental due diligence -- The contaminated land regime's transfer of liability rules -- Environmental insurance and problem sites -- Drafting sale agreements and leases -- Drafting business and share purchase agreements -- The liability of lenders and insolvency practitioners -- Post-completion issues -- Environmental policy, legislation and regulation.

A practical and user-friendly guide on the most common environmental issues and corresponding risk management options that arise in commercial property transactions. Addresses actual or potential environmental liabilities by firstly identifying them in pre-contract enquiries or by due diligence, secondly by apportioning them in the legal documentation or by other means and thirdly by managing them post-completion. Contains tables of cases, statutes, statutory instruments, and European legislation.