The Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association
Who we are?
The Health and Safety Lawyers' Association (HSLA) is the professional association for prosecution and defence solicitors, barristers and lawyers who practice in and areas associated with health and safety law. We currently have over 650 members across the UK.
What we do
We run a comprehensive programme of events throughout the year and across the UK with the aim of sharing knowledge and good practice amongst our members.
Become a member
Our aims and objectives include: To act as thought leaders and shape the development of health and safety law and issues effecting the enforcement and court process associated with it. To further research and educate and train its members; and to promote the expertise of its members in dealing with issues of health and safety law.
How to join?
The subscription for HSLA membership is £60.00 per person. The HSLA membership year is the calendar year -- from January to December. There is no reduction for joining partway through the year because HSLA events are free to members or heavily subsidised by HSLA.
HSLA EVENTS
We run a comprehensive programme of events throughout the year and across the UK with the aim of sharing knowledge and good practice amongst our members.
Our events focus on topical issues and key cases in health and safety law and are delivered by experts in this field.
Every year we hold an annual conference and dinner. As well as being attended by a number of our members and non-members, we also host key influencers in the world of health and safety including from The Health and Safety Executive, Crown Prosecution Service, British Safety Council, Institute of Directors, IOSH and Trades Union Congress and others.
HSLA RESOURCES
One of the benefits of being a HSLA member is access to our resources. Most of our resources are downloadable in PDF format and there are video recordings of events.
Recent documents include:
- Inquests, Inquiries and Public Expectations
- HSE’s new strategy and approach to regulation and enforcement in a post COVID world
- Appealing Enforcement Notices
You can join HSLA online via our Membership page.
EVENTS DIARY
Events
Events Calendar
Secretariat HSLA
Email: admin@hsla.org.uk
KNOWLEDGE
Do recent environmental fines show us the future for health and safety cases?
Recording of ‘Do recent environmental fines show us the future for health and safety cases? held at Eversheds Sutherland, and online on Thursday 30 November 2023. Chair: Amy Sadro, Eversheds Sutherland Speakers:Sailesh Mehta, Red Lion ChambersLisa Roberts KC, Lincoln House ChambersDominic Kay KC, Crown Office Chambers In recent years there have been fines of £20 million
Insights from the committee and discussion about standing for positions on the 2024 HSLA committee
Event Recording 2 November 2023 An online virtual session hosted by the Chair of the HSLA, Danny McShee, and other committee members to talk about the work of the committee and the various roles, for HSLA members who are interested in running for a position.
Will Organisations ever find favour with the Court of Appeal?
Recording of the HSLA Event held on 18 October 2023 at Kennedys offices, London Whilst the Sentencing Guideline on health and safety offences provides a level of certainty for micro to large companies this does not exist for very large organisations and we have seen fines increasing for VLO’s. When these sentences have been appealed,
HSLA Annual Conference 2023 Presentations
Presentation PDFs. Click to Download: Sarah Mallagh Simon Joyston-Bechal Arcadia shared slides Simon Antrobus – Mike Atkins Austin Stoton James Ageros Valerie Charbit Valerie Charbit slides A view from the Building Safety Regulator With parts of the Building Safety Act already in force and far wider implications for building owners that were perhaps first thought,
HSLA Event. Burness Paull Webinar Edinburgh
Recording of the HSLA Event held on Thursday 5 May 2023, Burness Paull offices, Edinburgh The event considered ‘Individual Liability’ with Peter Gray KC, from Compass Chambers. Peter Gray is a leading practitioner in regulatory crime and, in particular, in the fields of health and safety, environmental and corporate financial prosecutions. In the context of
HSLA Event. DWF and Henderson Chambers Webinar Manchester
Recording of the HSLA Event held on Thursday 9 February 2023, DWF offices, Manchester HSLA along with DWF and Henderson Chambers held two events in Birmingham and Manchester. They combined in-person networking with practical insights into some frequent concerns of health and safety practitioners: When an adverse inference can be held against an organisation for
