On 31 January 2018, at Southwark Crown Court, LBC was sentenced for a single offence contrary to section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The prosecution followed an accident at the Stubbs Mead waste disposal depot, a site owned by LBC and operated under contract by the second defendant, Veolia ES […]
The Criminal Regulatory Group of 2 Hare Court are pleased to hosting The Annual Regulatory Crime Seminar in Manchester. This year we will focus on the offence of gross negligence manslaughter including talks on the forthcoming Guideline and issues raised in the consultation, the implications of the Judgment in R v Rose for health and […]
On 20 to 22 June 2017, 2 Hare Court and Turnstone Law will be hosting legal clinics at the Health & Safety Expo. David Whittaker, James Buchanan and Julia Faure Walker, together with Simon Joyston-Bechal from Turnstone Law, will answer delegates’ legal questions and deliver presentations on health & safety prosecutions. The Expo is advertised […]
DW, a self-employed excavator driver, faced prosecution – together with Conquest Homes LLP and AW – for the part they were alleged to have played in the death of a groundworker at a construction site and the subsequent attempt to cover up any evidence of wrongdoing. In 2014, Conquest Homes began work at the site […]
2 Hare Court’s Criminal Regulatory Group are hosting a Health & Safety Autumn Conference in London and would be delighted for you to join them on 3rd November. Topics will include: Sentencing in corporate manslaughter cases, the potential impact of Brexit on criminal regulatory law, the practical effect of the new guideline on guilty pleas, […]