Niall McLean

Partner, Brodies LLP

Niall is a member of Brodies' Corporate Crime and Investigations practice and qualified in 2009. He is a regulatory lawyer with extensive advocacy experience in disciplinary proceedings, civil and criminal litigation. His corporate crime experience includes advising on bribery and corruption, environmental incidents, money laundering and complex fraud cases.

Niall is also a solicitor advocate with extended rights of audience in the Court of Session. In 2017 Niall was appointed to the Scottish Government's list of 'Standing Junior Counsel' - advocates and solicitor advocates who represent the Scottish Government in courts, tribunals and inquiries. Niall is one of only two solicitor advocates appointed as a Standing Junior.

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Scottish Environment Protection Agency—powers to investigate environmental crimes

Practice notes

This Practice Note explains the powers that the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Scotland’s principal environmental regulator, has to investigate and prosecute environmental crime in Scotland. It covers SEPA’s enforcement policy and guidance and provides an overview of its enforcement powers under the Environment Act 1995. The practice note also considers the statutory notices SEPA can issue for non-compliance or negative environmental impacts and enforcement measures available under the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 , including fixed monetary penalties, variable monetary penalties and enforcement undertakings. The note also looks at when compliance failure may result in prosecution and summarises the powers that can be used by SEPA’s officers when carrying out enforcement activity.

Corporate Crime