I am a solicitor specialising in Regulatory and White Collar crime. My expertise includes health and safety, food safety and hygiene, building and fire safety, product safety, trading standards, transport and haulage, and health and social care regulation.My role includes criminal defence work for both corporate and individual defendants, representing clients in other proceedings such as Coroners' Courts and Disciplinary Tribunals, and a broad range of compliance work and training in respect of legal regulatory requirements.My expertise include investigations and prosecutions by the Health and Safety Executive (including fatalities), local Trading Standards officers and the Environment Agency. I regularly advise clients in connection with fire and building safety matters, including representing clients in responding to enforcement, advising on the impact of fire safety on risk management, and provide a range of specialist advice in respect of the Building Safety Act and its impact.I advise on a range of product safety issues including compliance, labelling, the impact of Brexit on supply chain management in a regulatory context, and specialist areas such as tobacco and CBD regulation. I also advise in connection with retail advertisement and promotional issues such as Advertising Standards Agency matters. I am involved in representing national companies giving me insight into the commercial and reputational considerations applying in a range of businesses and sectors, including the construction, education, manufacturing, retail, energy and healthcare sectors. I also provide compliance and training advice to clients across the range of my specialisms.I also have experience of conducting civil litigation in respect of catastrophic personal injury and occupational disease claims, giving me insight into the potential civil liabilities often arising in connection with criminal proceedings and how this is likely to impact on businesses.My free time is usually spent with my wife, four children, and my Bernese Mountain dog at home or walking in North Yorkshire or the Peak District.
Listed skills include Legal Advice, Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, and 29 others.