Emma Bowens

Practice Areas

Regulatory - Safety, Health and Environment

Career

Emma Bowens is a specialist in Safety, Health and Environmental law and she has over 25 years experience in legal practice. Her work falls into the following main areas:

Advice following an Incident

Those investigated by the Police, HSE, Local Authority, Fire Authority, CQC or the Environment Agency benefit from urgent specialist legal advice to navigate the investigation process. Failing to take the right action, or not taking any action at all, can increase the chances of prosecution for both the organisation and individuals.

Emma routinely advises clients on:

Regulator’s requests for information and documents

Witness interviews

RIDDOR reporting

Interviews under Caution

Coroner’s Inquests

Prosecutions in both the Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court

Protecting reputation and the management of communications, including with the press

Compliance Advice

Emma can help clients avoid prosecution by reviewing their approach to achieving compliance. This includes advising on policies, identifying common problems that tend to result in prosecution, and identifying non-compliance/ risk trends within an organisation.

Training

Emma helps clients to prevent incidents by advising on workforce engagement and training. This can range from a single mock trial to a series of training events delivered as a rolling programme.

She has a proven track record for delivering training with impact. Several of Emma’s clients have achieved a significant reduction of incidents (up to 85%) and have gone on to win awards for their achievements in health and safety.

Her popular mock trials are a powerful reminder of what can happen when safety standards slip. Many delegates walk away from her sessions with action points that they are motivated to deliver, to make sure they are never in the same situation.