Health & Safety

The Group has a wealth of experience in working in this specialist area. It is well balanced in terms of both prosecuting and defending serious and complicated health and safety cases, including ‘corporate manslaughter’ trials.

The Group also offers specialist expertise in relation to Inquests linked to HSE investigations and in particular those involving diffi cult disclosure and/or causation issues. Clients include the HSE, CPS Special Casework Directorate, Local Authorities, as well as private companies.

In addition, the Group has been pro-active in developing non-contentious work and has advised clients as to future developments in the law relevant to their field and how their safety systems or structures may need to adapt in order to meet with new regulations or legislation.

This approach has been developed with employers who have identified problems within their own systems and are keen to better manage H & S issues, the HSE and other enforcement agencies. Th is development is particularly important now that HSE is increasingly turning to Local Authorities to share/partner their enforcement obligations.

The H&S Group is also conscious of the need and desire of our clients to be kept abreast of the many new decisions this field, for example ‘reasonable practicability’ and to that end, a series of seminars dealing with key current issues are planned.

Simon Jackson QC
Head of Group

Said about us

“I have been instructing Personal Injury and Regulatory Counsel at 9 St John Street for in excess of 15 years. I consider certain members of this chambers to be comparable – nationally – to anybody in their fields. The technical ability and approachability of counsel available across my areas of specialisation are excellent meaning that I consistently receive a first class service from everyone who I instruct. The clerking is first rate.”
David Walton Partner and Head of Regulatory Department, Keoghs Solicitors

“Having worked with 9 St John Street on a large, high profile investigation, it was gratifying to find that a real emphasis was placed on team working. We operate within a niche area of the law and 9 St John Street offer competent and experienced barristers who specialise in Health and Safety Law providing us with sound and reasoned advice. We have found that as part of this service, both counsel and chambers clerks have always been accessible and mindful of our needs.”
Jill Elford Principal Law Clerk, Legal Adviser’s Office, Health & Safety Executive