BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:71@hsla.org.uk DTSTART:20231018T161500Z DTEND:20231018T200000Z DTSTAMP:20231017T144136Z URL:https://hsla.org.uk/events/18-october-2023-health-and-safety-lawyers-a ssociation-seminar-and-special-general-meeting-in-person-and-by-zoom/ SUMMARY:18 October 2023 – Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association semina r and Special General Meeting – in person DESCRIPTION:In-person attendance\nOn 18 October 2023\, you are invited to a ttend HSLA event “Will Organisations ever find favour with the Court of Appeal?”\nThis will be followed by a Special General Meeting to review a nd vote on the update to the rules of the Association in relation to elect ion to the Committee. Elections will follow later this year so please atte nd the 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 positio n on the committee\, where existing committee members will discuss the wor k of the Association and the different roles\; please join us for that.\n\ nElections will follow later this year and we encourage members to both st and for positions where they think they can make a positive contribution t o the Association and its members and for member to attend to vote.\n\nOur Association provides an important forum for us all to meet and share expe riences\, 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 pos itive contributions.\n“Will Organisations ever find favour with the Cour t of Appeal?”\nEvent details:\nWhilst the Sentencing Guideline on health and safety offences provides a level of certainty for micro to large comp anies this does not exist for very large organisations and we have seen fi nes increasing for VLO’s. When these sentences have been appealed\, the Court of Appeal has more often agreed with the sentencing judge’s decisi on and not interfered with the sentence even where there is a lack of clar ity around how the Guideline has been applied. Following a number of unsuc cessful 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 succes sful in the Court of Appeal or do these cases risk making things worse? Jo hn Cooper KC and Tim Hill will share their experience at the Court of Appe al on the Northern Gas case and also lead a discussion on this issue.\nSpe akers:\nJohn Cooper KC - Crown Office Chambers\nJohn specialises in the fi elds of Safety and Environmental Regulatory work. He has appeared as an ex pert in this area in commercial litigation in the USA and has been involve d in many of the appellate cases that have shaped the law in the field of Health &\; Safety. He represents companies\, directors and senior manag ers in the Criminal Regulatory field\, involving gross negligence manslaug hter\, corporate manslaughter and safety and environmental breaches in cas es involving fatalities and serious injuries in the workplace and environm ental damage. He advises in relation to compliance and good practice in bo th fields. John was named ‘Health and Safety Junior of the Year’ in 20 10 and ‘Health and Safety Silk of the Year’ in 2016 at the Chambers an d Partners Bar Awards.\n\n \;\nTim Hill - Eversheds Sutherland\nTim sp ecialises in the defence of criminal regulatory matters\, including fatali ties and corporate manslaughter\, health and safety issues\, Coroner's Inq uests\, environmental law\, process safety and traffic commissioner cases. He also leads on safety compliance matters. Tim's recent experience inclu des: acting for various oil &\; gas and chemical sector clients in rela tion to safety incidents or Competent Authority investigations\; acting fo r an international offshore company in relation to the safe evacuation of a major North Sea gas rig\; acting for an international chemical company f ollowing a significant explosion at their plant\; acting for a pharmaceuti cal company following a fatal incident at their manufacturing plant\; acti ng for a national energy company after an offshore helicopter crash involv ing seven fatalities. Tim holds an OPITO Certificate in Offshore safety. H e is also a Solicitor Advocate with rights of audience in the Higher Crimi nal Courts.\nSpecial General Meeting to amend the rules around the electio n of the Committee\nThis meeting has been called by the HSLA Committee to consider and vote on proposed amendments to the HSLA rules around the elec tion of committee members. A full notice\, copies of the draft Rules and a n Explanatory Note will be made available to members via the HSLA website here.\nPDF Downloads\nRules of the Health and Saftey Association\n\nHSLA E xplanatory Notes\n\nThe amendment to the rules is being proposed in advanc e of elections which are to be held towards the end of the year and our in tention is to run them together with our Christmas drinks event – date a nd details to follow.\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 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. To register for this online event\, please click here.\nEvent Ti mings:\n5.15pm Registration\n5.30- 6.30pm Seminar\n6.30-7pm Special Genera l Meeting\n7pm – 9pm Networking and refreshments\nVenue:\nIn person atte ndance is encouraged at Kennedys\, 20 Fenchurch St\, London EC3M 3BY –  register below.\nNB Please bring along photo ID to get access to the Walk ie Talkie building where Kennedys are based.\n\nRemote access:\nThe event is also being offered virtually by Zoom – to register click here.\n\n&nb sp\; CATEGORIES:Lecture LOCATION:Kennedys\, 20 Fenchurch St\, London\, EC3M 3BY\, United Kingdom GEO:51.511548;-0.083695 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=20 Fenchurch St\, London\, EC3M 3BY\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Kennedys:geo:51.51154 8,-0.083695 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR