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About
Provided by Nicholas Cotter
Practice Areas
https://www.3pb.co.uk/barristers/nicholas-cotter/
Nicholas Cotter specialises in regulatory law (including HSE, EPA, CQC, Sports and business regulations), fraud, serious crime and disciplinary law. He provides strategic and client centered advice and is an assured and calm presence in court.
Nicholas undertakes instructions in a wide variety of regulatory and quasi-criminal matters and has prosecuted for a number of local and national authorities. He has extensive experience representing employers, employees, directors and companies often charged with complicated offences that carry profound reputational damage.
Nicholas is often instructed to provide pre-charge advice upon the merits of a matter before action and is well versed in providing realistic, swift and cost appropriate advice to both those insured and self-funding.
He has extensive expertise in serious Health and Safety (involving fatality and serious injury), maritime work and sports law.
Nicholas regularly represents parties in serious fraud (including SFO cases), serious sexual offending and murder cases nationwide.
He is qualified to accept instructions directly from members of the public and professional clients under the Direct Access (or Public Access) scheme.
Career
Called 1999
Professional Memberships
• A Grade 4 Crown Prosecutor
• Member of the Rape Panel of Crown Prosecutors
• Member of the Serious Crime Panel of Crown Prosecutors
• Member of the Serious Fraud Panel of Crown Prosecutors
• ADR Group accredited Civil and Commercial mediator