BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:72@hsla.org.uk DTSTART:20231018T161500Z DTEND:20231018T180000Z DTSTAMP:20231018T091632Z URL:https://hsla.org.uk/events/18-october-2023-health-and-safety-lawyers-a ssociation-seminar-and-special-general-meeting-by-zoom/ SUMMARY:18 October 2023 – Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association semina r and Special General Meeting – by Zoom DESCRIPTION:Zoom attendance\nOn 18 October 2023\, you are invited to attend HSLA event “Will Organisations ever find favour with the Court of Appea l?”\nThis will be followed by a Special General Meeting to review and vo te on the update to the rules of the Association in relation to election t o the Committee. Elections will follow later this year so please attend th e Special General Meeting.\n\nWe have also set out below the details of an online event for members who are interested in running for a position on the committee\, where existing committee members will discuss the work of the Association and the different roles\; please join us for that.\n\nElec tions will follow later this year and we encourage members to both stand f or positions where they think they can make a positive contribution to the Association and its members and for member to attend to vote.\n\nOur Asso ciation provides an important forum for us all to meet and share experienc es\, and get the behind the scenes stories from those who act in the most serious and high profile health and safety cases\, and we welcome positive contributions.\n“Will Organisations ever find favour with the Court of Appeal?”\nEvent details:\nWhilst 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 i ncreasing for VLO’s. When these sentences have been appealed\, the Court of Appeal has more often agreed with the sentencing judge’s decision an d not interfered with the sentence even where there is a lack of clarity a round how the Guideline has been applied. Following a number of unsuccessf ul cases where VLO’s have appealed sentence in the Court of Appeal\, how can we best advise VLO’s on sentence\, will VLO’s ever be successful in the Court of Appeal or do these cases risk making things worse? John Co oper KC and Tim Hill will share their experience at the Court of Appeal on the Northern Gas case and also lead a discussion on this issue.\nSpeakers :\nJohn Cooper KC - Crown Office Chambers\nJohn specialises in the fields of Safety and Environmental Regulatory work. He has appeared as an expert in this area in commercial litigation in the USA and has been involved in many of the appellate cases that have shaped the law in the field of Healt h &\; Safety. He represents companies\, directors and senior managers i n the Criminal Regulatory field\, involving gross negligence manslaughter\ , corporate manslaughter and safety and environmental breaches in cases in volving fatalities and serious injuries in the workplace and environmental damage. He advises in relation to compliance and good practice in both fi elds. John was named ‘Health and Safety Junior of the Year’ in 2010 an d ‘Health and Safety Silk of the Year’ in 2016 at the Chambers and Par tners Bar Awards.\n\n \;\nTim Hill - Eversheds Sutherland\nTim special ises in the defence of criminal regulatory matters\, including fatalities and corporate manslaughter\, health and safety issues\, Coroner's Inquests \, environmental law\, process safety and traffic commissioner cases. He a lso leads on safety compliance matters. Tim's recent experience includes: acting for various oil &\; gas and chemical sector clients in relation to safety incidents or Competent Authority investigations\; acting for an international offshore company in relation to the safe evacuation of a maj or North Sea gas rig\; acting for an international chemical company follow ing a significant explosion at their plant\; acting for a pharmaceutical c ompany following a fatal incident at their manufacturing plant\; acting fo r a national energy company after an offshore helicopter crash involving s even fatalities. Tim holds an OPITO Certificate in Offshore safety. He is also a Solicitor Advocate with rights of audience in the Higher Criminal C ourts.\nSpecial General Meeting to amend the rules around the election of the Committee\nThis meeting has been called by the HSLA Committee to consi der and vote on proposed amendments to the HSLA rules around the election of committee members. A full notice\, copies of the draft Rules and an Exp lanatory Note will be made available to members via the HSLA website here. \n\nThe amendment to the rules is being proposed in advance of elections w hich are to be held towards the end of the year and our intention is to ru n them together with our Christmas drinks event – date and details to fo llow.\n\nThere will be an online virtual session between 2-3pm on Thursday 2 November hosted by the Chair of the HSLA\, Danny McShee\, and other com mittee members to talk about the work of the committee and the various rol es\, for HSLA members who are interested in running for a position. To reg ister for this online event\, please click here.\nEvent Timings:\n5.15pm R egistration\n5.30- 6.30pm Seminar\n6.30-7pm Special General Meeting\n7pm – 9pm Networking and refreshments\n\nRemote access:\nThe event is being offered virtually by Zoom – to register complete the form below.\n\nVenu e:\nIn person attendance is encouraged at Kennedys\, 20 Fenchurch St\, Lon don EC3M 3BY – to register click here.\n\n \; CATEGORIES:Online LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85271861254?pwd=D4aH2OJpdJf21vnicBG8Vz7b QFFDnb.1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR