SpillAssist Ltd

General information

SpillAssist Limited is the only specialist oil pollution consultancy and remediation specialist that can truly provide expert legal opinions on all legal matters associated with a pollution incident. Our management team consists of fully qualified experts who can provide detailed legal opinions on contract law, insurance law, negligence, trespass, nuisance, waste management legislation, personal injury and property damage.

In addition to expert legal opinions SpillAssist Limited can also provide expert witness services and legal reports to assist the legal team. We can provide expert services both in terms of providing expert testimony in court and providing fully compliant legal opinion reports.

If you are pursuing a legal action associated with a pollution event or you are being pursued by a party that has suffered loss as a result of a pollution incident from your property we can supply all of the necessary legal expertise you will need.

SpillAssist can cover all of your legal needs.

Expert Technical Advice and Opinion.

The team at SpillAssist has the necessary expertise and experience to provide specialist technical advice and opinion on the following areas;

Emergency site attendance to determine the range of emergency measures required;

Emergency on-site mapping to provide an immediate preliminary contaminant extent assessment;

Maintenance and deployment of rapid response technical teams and equipment;

Identification of the contaminant of concern both in terms of the pollutant source and developing site specific remediation targets;

Identification of the pollutant source;

Apportionment of legal liability based on the expert interpretation of on-site findings and the forensic analysis of evidential testimonies, anecdotal evidence, background searches and planning searches;

Contaminant movement and pollutant mapping to provide a three dimensional profile of the contaminant plume;

Identification and establishment of pollutant linkages and conceptual site models to confirm an environmental and/or health risk;

Establishment of legally compliant remediation targets to address the environmental and health risks;

The design, implementation and monitoring of innovative site specific remedial programme that are fully compliant with all relevant waste management legislation;

Provision of expert validation services to confirm the removal of the environmental and health risks.