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Environment - Midlands (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Tim Pole of No5 Barristers' Chambers is frequently instructed by the Environment Agency to prosecute large and complex environmental crimes. He is an expert in a wide range of regulatory matters, including waste, fire issues and statutory nuisance.
Strengths
Tim Pole is highly effective and gets to the crux of things with impressive style and speed.
As well as being technically sound, Tim Pole also looks at the commercial reality of a situation.
Health & Safety - Midlands (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Tim Pole is a well-regarded health and safety practitioner in the Midlands who acts for local authorities and the HSE, as well as various private sector entities. He has experience handling prosecutions and HSE investigations and navigating through sentencing exercises following serious injury and death.
Strengths
Tim is the master of environment health and safety. He is an immensely skilful defender and hugely fair.
Tim is shrewd, he thinks carefully. I think he is unflappable, and he has the measure of the court as well.
Crime - Midlands (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Tim Pole is an accomplished Crown Court practitioner who specialises in cases concerning motoring and regulatory crime. Health and safety prosecutions and confiscations form a particular area of focus.