Our Health and Safety team is recognised as an industry leader singled out for prominence in both the Chambers and Legal 500 directories. There is hardly an area of employment that is not regulated these days and health and safety standards have risen markedly in recent years. Our European team of lawyers can assist you in all aspects of the law in this area.

We regularly advise our clients on health and safety prosecutions, accident inquiries, formal interviews and investigations undertaken by inspectors, corporate manslaughter investigations, inquests and Fatal Accident Inquiries, appeals against Improvement and Prohibition Notices, compliance with UK and European regulatory requirements, drafting corporate safety policies and contract documentation, safety aspects of projects and property management, due diligence in acquisitions, directors and officers personal liabilities, management training courses, personal injury defence and risk management and training.

Relevant experience includes advising:

• Shell UK in a high profile Fatal Accident Inquiry
• GlobalSantaFe (now Tranocean) in health and safety prosecutions
• Major multinational financial institution on health and safety requirements worldwide
• Major multinationals in drafting global health and safety policies
• Major housing association in relation to fatality
• On safety management aspects of the PPP project for the successful bidders in the London Underground PPP
• On safety responsibilities for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link
• Nomura plc on worldwide due diligence during the acquisition of Meridién Hotels