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Health & Safety | UK Bar

Midlands (Bar)

This section incorporates both contentious and non contentious health & safety issues. On the contentious side it includes defence and prosecution of companies and senior executives facing investigations or actions initiated by the Health and Safety Executive and other regulatory bodies including criminal breaches of the law such as corporate manslaughter. Public inquest work is also included.

On the non-contentious side the section covers regulatory compliance advice, risk management and training. The health & safety issues which fall under the remit of this section are very broad from general health and safety at work to food safety, fire safety and issues affecting the waste, utilities, nuclear, rail and other industries.

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Band 1

No5 Barristers' Chambers 11 Years Ranked

Band 2

St Philips Chambers 9 Years Ranked

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Band 1

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No5 Barristers' Chambers
Health & Safety
2024 | Band 1 | 11 Years Ranked
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. Instructing solicitors note that they have "a number of very experienced barristers in Health & Safety work, who can grapple with complex issues and set clients at ease."
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Band 2

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St Philips Chambers
Health & Safety
2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years Ranked
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. Sources note that they have "a number of very experienced counsel who are able to handle the most complex and serious regulatory cases."
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