Health and Safety Law

Health and Safety Law Expertise

Health and safety regulations and law are one of St Pauls Chambers’ key strengths. The highly experienced barristers at St Pauls Chambers provide a full range of advice regarding health and safety laws and regulations, including:

• Advising corporates on compliant business practice;
• Investigatory and pre-charge advice; and
• Advocacy services from the Magistrates Court through to the Crown Court, High Court and Court of Appeal.

Health and Safety Regulations Advice

Civil work: Our health and safety lawyers give proactive health and safety advice in areas including:

• Dangerous substances and DSEAR. Our civil lawyers deal with dangerous ingredients in food, harmful components in products, and we have more than one asbestos lawyer.
• Fire safety legislation, arising from day to day activity and from work with fireworks or explosives.
• Systems of work, provision of clothing and PUWER legislation.
• ATV accidents, arising from agricultural and leisure use, including lack of helmets and exposure to pesticides.
• Fairgrounds and entertainment, often involving regulations dealing with electrical supply and wiring.
• Ionising radiation, including considerations of justification, risk assessment and medical exposure.
• Accidents in Mines, quarries and on railways.
• Workplace transport safety. About 15 transport accidents happen in the UK each day.
• Construction including working at heights.
• Lifting and LOLER.
• Risk assessment.
• Highway safety, including repair and obstruction as well as auto accident injuries.
• Compensation claims from health and safety cases are frequently suitable cases in which to instruct the barrister direct. St Pauls has a large number of direct access barristers able to assist on an urgent basis.

For more information regarding civil law, please visit our dedicated page.