Nicholas Cotter

Practice Areas

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.

Nicholas has extensive expertise in serious Health and Safety (involving fatality and serious injury), maritime work and sports law.

Nicholas regularly accepts instructions in serious fraud (including SFO cases), serious sexual offending and murder cases nationwide.

Career

Called 1999

Professional Memberships

The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn

Association of Commonwealth Criminal Lawyers

British Association for Sport and Law (BASL)

Member of the Western Circuit

Proceeds of Crime Lawyers' Association

The Health & Safety Lawyers Association

Member of the Criminal Bar Association