Health & Safety
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 1
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(03700) 863000Chambers Review
Shoosmiths boasts a highly regarded team of health and safety practitioners who advise clients from a range of sectors including healthcare, automotive, transport, retail and construction, with a number of household names on its client roster. Shoosmiths has a strong team presence across the UK, allowing for impressive nationwide capabilities. The team represents companies in prominent corporate manslaughter cases and also assists with training and regulatory compliance.
Strengths
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"The proactive and specialist knowledge provided is second to none."
"Shoosmiths is great when issues arise. They are always the firm you want next to you when a potentially serious incident occurs."
"The team provides excellent advice and support."
"Its practitioners have broad experience and work together well as a team."
"The proactive and specialist knowledge provided is second to none."
"Shoosmiths is great when issues arise. They are always the firm you want next to you when a potentially serious incident occurs."
"The team provides excellent advice and support."
"Its practitioners have broad experience and work together well as a team."
Notable Practitioners
Charles Arrand's experience stretches across a broad range of sectors, including retail and transport. He maintains an excellent reputation in the market and is routinely called upon to defend clients in prosecutions brought by local authorities following fatal incidents and severe injuries.
"Charles is very experienced."
Hayley Saunders advises a variety of parties involved in prosecutions undertaken by the police and HSE. She provides counsel on both contentious and non-contentious issues, including corporate manslaughter allegations and investigations by regulatory bodies into serious injury incidents.
"She is very focused on the client that she is representing and their needs but also understanding of what support they need. She is very responsive and clearly very skilled."
Philip Ryan is relied upon to advise clients on health and safety regulatory issues. He is particularly adept at providing training on health and safety matters to corporate bodies. He has experience providing counsel to clients on internal investigations following fatal accidents and serious incident inquiries.
Ranked Lawyers at
Shoosmiths LLP
UK-wide
Clients
Provided by Shoosmiths LLP
Calor Gas
Hitachi Rail
IKEA Ltd
Lifeways Community Care Ltd
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