Summary
Recent experience includes: spending the last year working as part of the senior team acting as Solicitors to the Inquiry on the Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry; acting for a subsidiary company of an International manufacturer in a corporate homicide investigation being led by Police in Scotland; representing a housing association group at an inquest into the death of a resident at one of their independent living housing blocks; and advising a client in the energy sector in relation to an ORR investigation following an electrical burns incident.
I hold a Masters in Health and Safety and Environmental Law, and have written articles on various regulatory subjects for publication in a wide range of industry magazines.
I conduct my own advocacy, speak at seminars and events and am also involved in developing and presenting training sessions for clients.
Expertise
Health and Safety - criminal defence of corporates and individuals in HSE prosecutions
Coroner's Inquests
Police investigations and interviews
HSE/ Local Authority workplace investigations and PACE interviews
Regulatory advice to clients on H&S management systems
Environmental defence (pollution control, waste management)
Trading Standards (e.g. misleading consumer practices)
Experience
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Eversheds LLP
Regulatory Solicitor
- Current