Ben Rich

Criminal Regulatory

Ben is developing his practice in health and safety. In 2016-2017 Ben spent over a year instructed in a complex health and safety case involving two sets of charges for separate incidents. After obtaining a number of expert reports on fire and gas safety and making sustained representations one case was dropped entirely. The second was the subject of a guilty plea on a detailed basis after which the company, with a turnover of nearly £200 million, was fined in the tens of thousands.

He is currently instructed to represent a building development company who knowingly ripped out high risk asbestos from a building. He has also represented defendants in other regulatory matters like breaches of fair trading regulations and school attendance.