Subjects - Your neighbourhood - Contaminated Land
It is a historical fact that a lot of the country used to consist of big holes in the ground that were created by quarrying and such like, and which were then filled in by rubbish dumping over a period of many years, finally to be topped off by a nice bit of grass.
As a result we nowadays go along strolling along nice grassy fields completely oblivious to what may be under our feet, and some house builders even build houses on top of these fields.
How do you know which field is just a field as nature intended and which is a field that's covering up horrible things underneath? The short answer is you don't unless you get proper advice, and that is what lawyers are here for.
Particularly when you're planning to buy a house it's useful to check out whether there might be any problems of this nature.