Begonia Filgueira#1500

Begonia Filgueira, FIEMA

Partner at Acuity Law and MD at ERIC Ltd., Acuity Law
Begonia is an accomplished commercial environment, energy and climate change lawyer with over 20 years’ experience advising companies, developers, governments and the United Nations Environment Programme.

Her practise covers all aspects of environment and climate change regulation including, waste, water, environmental liabilities, project finance, prosecutions, judicial reviews, green finance, ESG, human rights and climate change governance.

An expert in her field, Begonia is a trusted advisor to Boards, advising on managing environmental risk and enabling resilience through climate change governance. She has also given expert evidence to the House of Lords on new environmental legislation and continues to support Parliamentary Committees with her expertise.

Begonia is also working on preparing the UK for a post-Brexit world by Co-chairing UKELA’s Governance and Devolution Group.

Begonia was made a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) in 2020.
Contributed to

33

Hazardous waste registration—compliance, enforcement and offences
Hazardous waste registration—compliance, enforcement and offences
Practice notes

This Practice Note outlines the compliance and enforcement provisions in relation to the requirement for producers to register premises where more than 500kg of hazardous was is produced at or removed from premises under the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005, SI 2005/1806. Hazardous waste registration requirements in England were removed by the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/336 from 1 April 2016. The Practice Note was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal.

Hazardous waste registration—when is it required?
Hazardous waste registration—when is it required?
Practice notes

This Practice Note outlines when registration is required by those who produce or remove hazardous waste in Wales under the Hazardous Waste (England & Wales) Regulations 2005, SI 2005/894 and the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005, SI 2005/1806. Premises in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland are not required to register. It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal.

Land remediation relief
Land remediation relief
Practice notes

This Practice Note outlines the land remediation relief scheme for qualifying expenditure on the remediation of contaminated or derelict land, including the main conditions for relief, its application to Japanese knotweed, exclusions and penalties. It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal.

Reservoir registration
Reservoir registration
Practice notes

This Practice Note focuses on the requirement to register large raised reservoirs under the Reservoir Act 1975, as amended by Schedule 4 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. Large raised reservoirs in England capable of holding 25,000 cubic metres of water need to be registered with the Environment Agency. Since 1 April 2016, there has been a lower threshold for Wales. Large raised reservoirs in Wales capable of holding 10,000 cubic metres of water need to be registered with Natural Resources Wales. It includes information on proposed reform of the Reservoirs Act to improve enforcing options, to develop a proportionate charging scheme for recovery of regulatory costs and introducing a free registration scheme for owners of small-raised reservoirs. It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal.

Trade effluent consent and agreements—compliance
Trade effluent consent and agreements—compliance
Practice notes

This Practice Note focuses on compliance with trade effluent consent and agreement requirements under the Water Industry Act 1991 looking at owners and occupiers of trade premises, and the sewage undertaker. This includes a look at enforcement, offences and appeals. It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal.

Trade effluent consents and agreements—applications
Trade effluent consents and agreements—applications
Practice notes

This Practice Note focuses on trade effluent consents and agreements, as required under the Water Industry Act 1991. In particular, it looks at applications, variations, transfers and surrenders of trade effluent consents and agreements. It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal.

Trade effluent consents and agreements—when are they required?
Trade effluent consents and agreements—when are they required?
Practice notes

This Practice Note focuses on the requirement to have trade effluent consents or agreements under the Water Industry Act 1991. It also covers what effluent cannot be discharged into a public sewer, treating effluent on site and waste water treatment. It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira.

Transporting dangerous goods
Transporting dangerous goods
Practice notes

This Practice Note outlines some of the legal requirements for transporting dangerous goods, including transportation by road, rail, inland waterways, air or sea. It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal. It covers the meaning of dangerous goods, the requirement for a dangerous goods safety advisor (DGSA), marking and labelling dangerous goods, packaging dangerous goods, other key obligations, derogations for road and rail transportation, enforcement and penalties. This Practice Note also links to related Brexit content.

Types of environmental authorisations
Types of environmental authorisations
Practice notes

This Practice Note outlines some of the many types of permits, licences, exemptions, notifications, registrations and consents that might be required in relation to environmental matters in England and Wales. This includes environmental permitting, water abstraction and impounding licences, trade effluent consents, reservoir registration, waste carrier registration, greenhouse gas permits, wildlife licences, marine licences and hazardous substances consents. This Practice Note also links to related Brexit content.

Waste carrier’s/broker’s registration—compliance, enforcement, offences and appeals
Waste carrier’s/broker’s registration—compliance, enforcement, offences and appeals
Practice notes

This Practice Note covers the compliance requirements and enforcement of waste carrier and broker registration under both the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, SI 2011/988, and the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 (CP(A)A 1989). It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal.

Waste carriers, brokers and dealers—when is a registration required?
Waste carriers, brokers and dealers—when is a registration required?
Practice notes

This Practice Note outlines when waste carriers, waste brokers and waste dealers must register in compliance with the Waste (England & Wales) Regulations 2011, SI 2011/988, and the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989. It covers the tiers of waste carriers registration, eg lower tier registration and upper tier registration, exemptions and exceptions. It also provides details of proposed reform of the waste carrier, broker and dealer registration system and the plans to bring this system within the environmental permitting regime. It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal. This Practice Note also links to related Brexit content.

Waste carrier's/broker’s registration—applications, determinations, renewals, variations, transfers and surrenders
Waste carrier's/broker’s registration—applications, determinations, renewals, variations, transfers and surrenders
Practice notes

This Practice Note covers the application procedure under the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, SI 2011/988, to register as a waste carrier, broker or dealer. It includes renewals, variations and the transfer of registration. It also details proposed reform to the waste carrier, broker and dealer system. It was produced in partnership with Begonia Filgueira of Acuity Legal.

Other work

Practice Areas

Panels

  • Contributing Author
  • Other Publications

Qualified Year

  • 1997

Membership

  • Vice-Chair of the UK Environmental Lawyers Association

Qualifications

  • 1993 LLB (Hons)
  • Abogada Licenciada, Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Vigo

Education

  • 1993 UCL London
  • 1989 Santiago de Compostela

If you expected to see yourself on this page, click here.