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Health and Safety
Any organisation that has been involved in a health and safety investigation will know that it is a costly, time consuming and an unpleasant experience for all involved.
With increasingly vigorous police investigations under the Corporate Manslaughter Act, clients are increasingly finding that many members of staff are being treated as suspects and require support at the inevitable interview under caution. Safety should not be reactive: accident prevention and proactive health and safety management is a minimum legal requirement and should be high on the agenda at all levels of corporate management. Crisis management, being proactive, and being at the forefront for our clients when something goes wrong is where we excel: we offer consultative services, including chartered health and safety consultancy, to identify and manage business risk and disaster recovery. Shoosmiths’ health and safety team acts for clients in many sectors across the UK (in particular, we have expertise in manufacturing, retail, automotive, construction and heavy injury). We bring commercial legal solutions to clients facing criminal and civil repercussions of a safety breach through our wealth of experience (more than 100 years combined). Ranked first tier by leading law firm directory Legal 500, our dedicated team offers a cradle-to-grave 24/7 service to assist you with:- defending manslaughter/corporate manslaughter and health and safety allegations
- dealing with fire safety investigations, notices and prosecutions
- appeals against Improvement, Prohibition and other Enforcement Notices
- representation at inquests, public inquiries and interviews under caution
- crisis management and incident investigation
- health and safety consultancy service, compliance audits and proactive policy advice
- specialist advice on COMAH, CDM and all other specialist Health and Safety legislation
- media consultation to avoid brand damage
As well as providing bespoke training events for clients (including ‘mock trials’), the team also regularly speak at national safety events, including IOSH annual conferences and local IOSH consultancy events. The team is actively involved with the Midlands Working Well Together Group - a joint initiative between the construction industry and the HSE.
For further information or urgent assistance, please speak to:
- Ron Reid (07860 404819)
- Philip Ryan (07525 733922)
- Hayley Saunders
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