We recognise that clients demand specialist knowledge from barristers who are technically astute, excellent in court and aware of wider commercial issues and personable.
Members of the Group are instructed on a broad range of matters including advising on compliance, appeals of enforcement notices and the prosecution and defence of a variety of matters, ranging from simple cases where minor injury has occurred to high-profile proceedings with complex factual and/or legal matrices arising from catastrophic injury or fatality.
Our regulatory barristers are instructed on behalf of individuals ranging from sole traders to board members of listed companies and corporate entities, from small family-run businesses to household names operating across a variety of sectors including automotive, public transport, geriatric care and construction.
The Group also receives instructions to prosecute cases, including matters of particular gravity and complexity, on behalf of the HSE and numerous other prosecuting bodies including the Food Standards Agency and Local Authorities across the country. Eleven members of the Group appear on the List of Specialist Regulatory Advocates in Health and Safety and Environmental Law. Recently, members of the group have been involved, on behalf of the HSE, in significant cases in the Court of Appeal relating to the approach to sentence and appropriate levels of fines: see for example Tata Steel [2017] EWCA Crim 104, Diamond Box [2017] EWCA Crim 1904 [2017], ATE Truck & Trailer Sales [2018] EWCA Crim 752 and Faltec [2019] EWCA Crim 520.
Members of the Group have participated in mock trials delivered on behalf of the clients of a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company and delivered lectures to the IOSH’s National Health & Safety Conference and provided training to HSE Officers.
James Withers and Somaya Shaikh.
Duncan was called to the Bar in 2011, following a 20-year career in the licensed trade. Over the last decade, Duncan has developed his practice to become one of the...
We are delighted to confirm that Clare Rennie has joined St Philips Chambers as a tenant following the successful completion of her pupillage. Clare joins our Criminal and Regulatory Groups,...
The company appeared before Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court on 3 May 2023, entered a Guilty plea to a single charge of causing an illegal water discharge and was sentenced. Despite extensive...
Ben Williams has prosecuted two companies in a Health & Safety case at Newcastle Crown. The sentencing judge determined that the first defendant, Tolent Construction Limited’s breach of construction safety...
On 28 March 2023, LM140121 Ltd (formerly known as Le Maitre Ltd) was found guilty after a trial of breaching health and safety regulations in relation to operations at their...
James Puzey, Head of St Philips Regulatory, has recently prosecuted the UK’s largest fuel pipeline operator, Exolum PS Limited, for offences of failing to ensure workers’ safety under the Health...
James Puzey, Head of St Philips Regulatory, has successfully led the HMRC Counsel team in the case of Bell and Mitchell v HMRC [2023] EWCA (Civ) 261. The case concerned...
Wm Morrison’s Supermarkets were fined £3,500,000 on the 17/3/23 having been convicted of health and safety failings at a trial prosecuted by Richard Atkins KC of St Philips Chambers, leading...
The St Philips Regulatory Group is delighted to announce the appointment of James Withers as its new Senior Clerk. James will be well known to many of our clients, having been part...
James Puzey, Head of St Philips Regulatory Team, led the HMRC counsel team that was successful in resisting this appeal by the subsidiary of the American Investment Bank, Cantor Fitzgerald....
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