This session took place on Wednesday 21 May 2025

Presenter: Simon Boyle, Landmark Information

For access to the recording and slides, please email elouise.enright@surreylawsociety.org.uk

The new Law Society’s Climate Change Risk Property Practice Note provides essential & specific guidance for solicitors handling property transactions. But how do you ensure you address & advise clients, whether residential or commercial, on climate change risks proportionately, in practice?

Simon Boyle, Environmental Lawyer with Landmark Information has provided a technical supplementary note, together with Landmark colleagues, around climate risks for the Law Society Practice Note and in this practical session will share:

• What to consider as a matter of good practice when acting for your client in particular transaction types.
• Compliance with professional duties
• Ensuring informed advice to clients –
  • How to understand the climate risk data and assessment results within a search report
  • What constitutes a ‘Physical’ risk and a ‘Transition risk’
  • The RCP, timeline, and risk analysis adopted by the climate search
  • Mitigation of potential risks
• How to consider these various factors to advise or warn your client appropriately to potential climate risks. Simon will provide examples of different result scenarios to demonstrate.
• Scope of solicitor advice on climate risk at point of terms of engagement and report on title
• Guiding how clients can get specialist climate advice.

About Simon Boyle

Simon Boyle, Environmental Lawyer – Legal Director, Landmark Information

Simon has over 25 years’ experience as an environmental lawyer which has included working in local government and for a major manufacturing company. For 12 years he has run an MSc module on Environmental Policy and Law.
He is the chapter author (Information Sources and Environmental Reports) of Contaminated Land by Stephen Tromans and a chapter author of Wilderness Protection in Europe (2016).

Landmark Information are the UK’s leading provider of environmental data and assessment for property transactions supporting conveyancers & solicitors as well as their clients for over 30 years. Landmark have provided Climate Change Reports since 2023, working with both property solicitors and climate experts to produce the best in data and assessment in a clear & easy to understand format.