Health & Safety Offences

Health and safety investigations can expose companies, directors and senior individuals to serious criminal, financial and reputational risk. Investigations following workplace accidents, fatalities or alleged regulatory breaches are often fast moving and highly disruptive, with regulators and enforcement bodies exercising extensive investigatory powers from the outset.

We act for businesses, directors, senior management and individuals facing health and safety investigations and prosecutions, providing strategic and commercially focused advice throughout the process.

Our team is led by George Kampanella, who has extensive experience advising clients in complex regulatory and criminal liability matters. We have a proven track record of representing businesses and individuals in serious and reputation-sensitive investigations and proceedings.

Who We Act For

We advise:

• Companies and corporate entities

• Directors and shareholders

• Senior managers and officers

• Employers and business owners

• Regulated professionals

• Individuals facing personal criminal liability allegations

Our Expertise

We advise on a broad range of health and safety and corporate criminal liability matters, including:

• Health and safety investigations and prosecutions

• Corporate and gross negligence manslaughter investigations

• Director and senior manager liability

• Breaches of health and safety legislation

• Workplace accident and fatality investigations

• Regulatory enforcement action

• Interviews under caution

• Improvement and prohibition notices

Many investigations involve parallel commercial, insurance, employment and reputational issues which require careful strategic management from the outset.

Track Record

We have acted in matters involving:

• Serious workplace accident investigations

• Health and safety prosecutions

• Director and senior manager liability allegations

• Corporate criminal investigations

• Regulatory enforcement proceedings

Regulatory Investigations

We represent clients responding to investigations and enforcement action involving bodies including:

• The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

• Local Authorities

• The Police

• The Environment Agency

• Other regulatory and enforcement bodies

Early specialist advice is often critical following an incident, particularly where interviews, site inspections, document requests or formal notices are involved.

Director and Senior Management Liability

Directors and senior individuals can face personal criminal liability in certain circumstances, particularly where allegations involve failures in management systems, supervision or corporate governance.

We advise directors and senior management on their individual position and representation throughout investigations and proceedings, including where there may be tension between corporate and personal interests.

A Strategic and Commercial Approach

Health and safety investigations can have consequences far beyond criminal proceedings, affecting reputation, trading operations, regulatory standing, insurance and ongoing business relationships.

Our approach focuses not only on defending allegations, but also on protecting the wider commercial interests of the business and the individuals involved.

Contact Our Health and Safety Team

If your business or organisation is facing a health and safety investigation or prosecution, obtaining specialist legal advice at an early stage can be critical. We provide clear, strategic and commercially focused representation tailored to the seriousness and complexity of the issues involved.