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Faced with the
ever-increasing burden of legislation, meeting a company’s health
and safety requirements is a daunting task for directors and
managers.
Please read about our:
Hugh James legal health and safety
services
Our team of specialist
solicitors advises across the full spectrum of Health and Safety
cases.
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. Reputational and share price damage
is also a significant issue for our clients. Our team understands
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 are pleased to 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.
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.
Representation throughout
the interview process. Often including the preparation of detailed
statements.
Making representations to
the prosecutor with a view to averting prosecution entirely or
limiting its scope.
Representation of
companies and key individuals as interested persons during Inquests
and Coroners’ Inquiries and Public Enquiries.
- 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.
Contact
Martin Jones
Partner
E martin.jones@hughjames.com
T 029 20391176
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