Health And Safety
The members of Deans Court Chambers’ Regulatory Team are recognised as leaders in the field of health and safety and are highly experienced in prosecuting and defending the full range of health & safety offences.
- Our Areas of Expertise
- Criminal Regulatory
- Health And Safety
The team includes leading practitioners who are regularly instructed in the most high profile and difficult cases on a national basis.
The “Legal 500” and “Chambers and Partners”, rank Deans Court as a “leading set” and Silks and Juniors are praised for their specialism, expertise and result achieved.
Our clients include major PLCs, local authorities, hospital authorities, rail operators and other public bodies as well as directors and employees. Recent cases have included prosecutions for gross negligence manslaughter, workplace fatalities and life changing injuries sustained at work.
Business sectors regularly covered include; construction, roofing, demolition, asbestos management, general manufacturing, welfare and health care, engineering, education, theme parks, commercial real estate, agriculture and charitable organisations.
The team are frequently instructed on cases at an early stage to provide strategic advice and discuss the best tactics to be employed to achieve the best results for our clients.
Our Health And Safety team
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Michael Hayton KC
Call: 1993 Silk: 2013
Head of Chambers
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Tim Horlock KC
Call: 1981 Silk: 1997
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Fiona Horlick KC
Call: 1992 Silk: 2019
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Sophie Cartwright KC
Call: 1998 Silk: 2021
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Iain Simkin KC
Call: 1995 Silk: 2023
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Peter Smith
Call: 1988
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Fraser Livesey
Call: 1992
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Lisa Judge
Call: 1993
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Rosalind Scott Bell
Call: 1993
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Adam Lodge
Call: 1996
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Elizabeth Dudley-Jones
Call: 1997
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Tom Gent
Call: 1998
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Virginia Hayton
Call: 1999
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Joseph Hart
Call: 2000
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Rosalind Emsley-Smith
Call: 2001
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Jonathan Lally
Call: 2005
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Michelle Brown
Call: 2005
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Harriet Tighe
Call: 2014
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Colette Renton
Call: 2015
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Megan Tollitt
Call: 2018