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Health & Safety
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Robust health and safety services are crucial when things go wrong.
Accidents happen and when they do, we are there to help our clients to pick up the pieces.
Our team handles every type of health and safety-related incident, from serving enforcement notices and fees for intervention issues, right through to corporate manslaughter investigations.
We provide 24-hour nationwide health and safety services for on-site teams and senior management, whatever the issue. If needed, we can be quickly on-site, helping to handle the aftermath of a serious incident.
When working with our clients we:
- support those involved in an incident;
- deal with the press and the public;
- liaise with the police or the Health & Safety Executive in their investigations;
- carry out any internal investigation; and
- make sure our clients’ business interests are protected.
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They have a great understanding of our business and the wider sector, which is incredibly valuable and important to us.
Health & Safety respondentUKThe team are always able to understand the situation and provide guidance and support. They are very astute in relation to commercial awareness and the guidance reflects this.
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Band 3 
Band 3 Ruth Armstrong
Ruth Armstrong is the national head of the regulatory team. She handles a wide range of health and safety work including corporate manslaughter cases, HSE and police investigations and inquests. Her client base spans a range of sectors including construction, entertainment and food. Because of her experience she is technical and commercial. She won't give generic advice, she will adapt the advice and commercial approach by assessing the job on its merits.
Health & Safety respondentUKRuth is very knowledgeable, extremely commercial and responsive. She is a pleasure to work with.
Health & Safety respondentUKShe is so knowledgeable, she just gives me the reassurance I need.
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Band 5 
Band 5 Pauline Munro
Pauline Munro regularly handles issues in the manufacturing, retail and construction sectors, drawing on wider environmental expertise. She has notable experience providing regulatory compliance advice to high-profile clients. She is also astute at providing counsel on HSE and Environmental Agency investigations. Pauline is very reliable and gives good advice.
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