Clients appreciate the team’s familiarity with the “the nitty gritty of the law” Chambers UK, a Client’s Guide to the Legal Profession 2007.

Highly regarded by client’s who appreciate the team’s ability to provide “high quality, concise advice within tight time frames”

Bevan Brittan’s specialist Health and Safety Team provides advice and representation on a wide range of regulatory law issues covering the whole area of health and safety; environmental matters; trading standards prosecutions and the complex area of waste management.

The team acts for a large number of both public and private sector clients, attending interviews under caution; handling and assisting on prosecutions as well as intervening and advising on prohibition and improvement notices. In particular, the team has a wealth of experience in advising and assisting clients in the aftermath of workplace fatalities representing both individuals and organisations subject to investigation by the police and the health and safety executive.

The team offers an ‘emergency response’ service to clients, enabling them, in the event of a major incident, to call upon specialists who are able to provide immediate and onsite assistance.

In addition to our ‘reactive’ work, our experience of health and safety prosecutions provides us with a real insight and allows us to help clients ‘proactively’ reduce risk in their business. We can provide training and assist in undertaking high level reviews of safety policies and ensure solid processes are put in place to deal with the unexpected.

Just a few examples of work undertaken by the team include:

·         Advising a major UK ground contractor following a death of a worker, killed by a piece of plant machinery on a construction site in Rugby. Providing immediate representation when employees were being interviewed by both the police and the HSE and on going representation at the subsequent inquest and prosecution by the HSE.

·         Representing and advising a client during police and HSE investigations into a workplace fatality following a fall from lifting equipment. Advising on the prospect of manslaughter charges; appealing enforcement notices and providing representation at the inquest.

·         Defending a client being prosecuted by the environment agency for alleged breach of their waste licence.

·         Acting for a multi million pound hotel group in the immediate aftermath and HSE investigation into the collapse of a building in central London involving serious injuries to members of the public.

·         Drafting and advising on the management of health and safety in the workplace and drafting policies such as stress, joint working, asbestos, legionella and driving at work.

·         Providing training on health and safety generally and, in particular, on the        implications of the new offence of Corporate Manslaughter coming into force in April 2008.

To find out more please contact:

Duncan Astill
duncan.astill@bevanbrittan.com

0870 194 8958

Adam Kendall
adam.kendall@bevanbrittan.com
0870 194 5030