Health and Safety Lawyers Association
Annual Conference 2025
Presentations
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Control the Controllable – Lessons from the Cockpit for Health & Safety Law.
The Future of Regulation – policy and enforcement.
The future of Health and Safety in the context of ESG.
The rationales and practicalities of the move from Safety, Health and Wellbeing to Wellbeing, Health and Safety.
12.30 – 1.00 pm
Registration
Please join us for refreshments over the registration period.
1.00 -1.10 pm
Welcome and opening remarks
Amy Sadro, Shell International Limited, HSLA Chair
1.10 -1.25 pm
HSLA Election Results and Annual General Meeting
Douglas Scott, Barrister, Six Pump Court Chambers
1.30-2.15 pm
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Control the Controllable – Lessons from the Cockpit for Health & Safety Law
Speaker: Mandy Hickson
Mandy brings unmatched expertise from one of the most critical environments imaginable—the cockpit of a fast jet. As one of the first female fighter pilots in the RAF, Mandy made split-second decisions at supersonic speeds, leading teams under intense pressure, and delivering results when the stakes couldn’t be higher. She now works with organisations to translate lessons from the skies to the corporate world.
14:15 – 15:00 pm
Panel Session: The Future of Regulation – policy and enforcement
Our expert panel of regulators discuss current trends in policy and enforcement and look ahead at how they might develop in future.
Session Chair: James Maxwell-Scott KC
Panellists:
• Josh Allcock – Senior Policy Advisor, Office or Nuclear Regulation
• Paul Appleton – Deputy Director, Railway Safety, Office of Rail and Road
• Nathan Cook – Senior Enforcement Lawyer, Health and Safety Executive
• Neil Cunningham – Head of Investigations, Compliance, Enforcement, and Prosecutions, Maritime and Coastguard Agency
3.00-3.30 pm
Refreshments and networking
3.30-4.00 pm
The future of Health and Safety in the context of ESG
Speaker: Sean Elson, Pinsent Masons
4.00-4.45 pm
A look at key cases on risk, foreseeability and reasonable practicability
The courts play a key role in interpreting health and safety laws so that they stay relevant to the times in which we live. In this session, our panel will explore how the key cases of the last 20 years have shaped our understanding of the key concepts of risk, foreseeability and reasonable practicability, and invite you to consider how the law might develop in future.
Session Chair: Katherine Metcalfe, Pinsent Masons
Speakers:
• Christine Agnew KC, 2 Bedford Row
• Tim Hill, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
• Richard Matthews KC, Mayfair Place Chambers
• Barry Smith KC, Compass Chambers
4.45-5:15 pm
The rationales and practicalities of the move from Safety, Health and Wellbeing to Wellbeing, Health and Safety
Taking a holistic, integrated, humanistic and practical approach to human error and risk management.
Speakers: Jason Anker and Professor Tim Marsh
5.15-5.30 pm
Close of Conference
Amy Sadro, HSLA Chair
