Ranked in 3 Practice Areas

Star Individuals

Health & Safety

London (Bar)

22 Years Ranked

2

Band 2

Environment

London (Bar)

7 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Inquests & Public Inquiries

London (Bar)

2 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Richard Matthews KC

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Richard Matthews KC is widely regarded as the foremost regulatory and corporate defence King’s Counsel in England and Wales.

His expertise spans the breadth of regulatory and business crime, especially health and safety enforcement, fire safety and environmental enforcement. His particular expertise encompasses gross negligence and corporate manslaughter. He has considerable experience of representing corporations, directors and individuals facing a wide range of regulatory investigations and enforcement action, particularly health and safety, environmental and fire safety. In addition to prosecutions and trial representation, Richard’s experience extends to actions for judicial review (of both the HSE and Environment Agency) concerning the exercise of powers and issuances of notices with consequent pursuit of claims for damages. Richard has regularly advised and represented many leading UK and international corporations. He has appeared for interested parties, particularly corporations, in a great many jury inquests concerned with work related deaths and Public Inquires. He has advised in regard to the UK’s most sensitive safety related issues over the last two decades.

Career

Called to the Bar (Inner Temple) Feb 1989

King's Counsel 2010

Publications

Health and Safety Enforcement: Law and Practice (Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 2016). Richard Matthews KC, together with James Ageros KC, is the author of the standard practitioner’s textbook on health and safety enforcement,

Consolidation: the practicality and effects of the options for consolidating health and safety Regulations (2012) (https://www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/assets/docs/consolidation-report-2012.pdf).

Blackstone’s Guide to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007

(Oxford University Press, 2008).

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