Health & Safety | UK Bar

No5 Barristers' Chambers is a highly regarded set on the Midlands Circuit, and is regularly instructed to both prosecute and defend a wide range of health and safety offences. Members are noted for their adroit representation of individual and corporate defendants, as well as several regulators and local authorities. A number of tenants are on the Regulatory List of Prosecution Counsel for the HSE, EA and CQC, and the team also has experience of appearing at inquests. Members at the set recently prosecuted Staffordshire County Council following a fatal tree fall. Instructing solicitors note that the group has "a wealth of information and experience," and its "expertise is second to none."

Danny Griffiths is the director of clerking in Birmingham.

St Philips Chambers is noted for its expert representation of local authorities and regulatory bodies such as the HSE and FSA in health and safety prosecutions arising from a wide range of offences. Members are also regularly called upon to act for defendants in complex cases and in inquest proceedings. The team is particularly well regarded for its handling of matters involving catastrophic injuries and fatalities. Recent matters include a joint prosecution in Nottingham Crown Court between the HSE and EA following an explosion at a facility.