Health and Safety Legal Services
Faced with the
ever-increasing burden of legislation, meeting a company’s health
and safety requirements is a daunting task for directors and
managers.
Health and safety lawyers
Our team of specialist
solicitors advises across the full spectrum of health and safety
cases.
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Legal health and safety services
Health and safety breach
litigation can have grave consequences. Average fines increase year
on year and are likely to increase exponentially in cases arising
from deaths in the workplace. Reputation and share price damage is
also a significant issue for our clients. Our lawyers
understand this context and are well practised in ensuring
that businesses and individuals are properly defended from all of
these potential threats.
We operate throughout
England and Wales and have extensive experience in diverse sectors
including construction, transport, farming, quarrying, leisure and
residential care.
We also advise on
preventative measures such as the drafting of health and safety
documentation or explanation of the application of new legislation
on particular business sectors.
When accidents do occur
it is often vital that the right choices are made straight away. We
provide a First Response service
which includes 24 hour emergency telephone legal advice,
365 days a year. We are able to deploy a lawyer on site in
immediate response to a critical incident.
We represent clients
throughout any investigation process, during any ancillary
proceedings (such as Inquests), and where necessary during court
proceedings at all court levels.
Areas of expertise
Provision of ad hoc or
regular updating advice as to
the sufficiency of Health and
Safety documentation.
Advice on
the applicability of new law to your business.
Advice on
Health and Safety management structures and
chains of responsibility.
- First
Response Immediate deployment on site when
serious accidents occur.Responsive focused strategic planning and
action to take the matter forward and resolve it with least damage
to your business.
- Investigation Support
Representation throughout the interview process. Often including
the preparation of detailed statements.
- Averting Prosecution Making
representations to the prosecutor with a view to averting
prosecution entirely or limiting its scope.
- Ancillary Proceedings
Representation of companies and key individuals as interested
persons during Inquests and Coroners’ Inquiries and Public
Enquiries.
- Defence at court
- of corporate
defendants
- of key
individuals
- of managers (S.7
& 37)
- Support following
proceedings
- Press
relations/management
- Re-drafting of
documentation
- Linked
services from other specialist teams such as
- Employment and
Defendant Insurance Litigation
Hugh James health and safety experience
We deal with the full spectrum of Health and
Safety matters throughout England and Wales.
Recent cases include:
- a multiple fatality Legionnaires outbreak at
a leading UK hotel.
- a multiple fatality carbon monoxide
poisoning.
- multiple deaths of elderly residents at a
Care Home.
- matters involving specialist legislation such
as the Quarry Regulations.
- a Public Enquiry arising from a notorious
food safety incident.
- a current investigation conducted under the
new Corporate Manslaughter Act.
- current Section 7 and 37 prosecutions of
individual managers and directors.