A panel event to discuss “Do recent environmental fines show us the future for health and safety cases?”
Online Zoom and in-person seminar, Christmas drinks and opening of nominations
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5pm – late, Thursday 30 November
Please join us for a seminar and Christmas get-together. This event will also be the formal opening of nominations for positions on the Committee. Nominations will close on 22 December and further guidance on the nomination process will follow.
In recent years there have been fines of £20 million and £90 million in environmental prosecutions against water companies, the levels of which we are yet to see in health and safety cases. Do these cases show the way that health and safety fines against Very Large Organisations might go? Do they now set a new bar? What can we learn from the Courts’ approach to sentencing in these cases and corporate offending that we need to take into our health and safety practice?
Join the HSLA for a discussion with an expert panel of barristers who practice in this area to discuss.
The panel event will be followed by the opening of nominations to stand for HSLA committee positions. HSLA Chair, Danny McShee, will set out the process for nominations and how you can run for positions. Nominations will close on 22 December and further guidance on the nomination process will follow.
Christmas drinks and canapes will follow the event, so please join us.
Chair:
Amy Sadro, Eversheds Sutherland
Amy is a specialist in health, safety and environmental law. For the last five years she has represented the UK’s largest water company, in relation to its environmental pollutions including prosecutions brought by the Environment Agency as well as advising on permitting and compliance issues.
Speakers:
Sailesh Mehta, Red Lion Chambers
Sailesh prosecutes and defends in some of the most complex and high profile cases in the Crown Courts and Appellate Court. He also sits as a Recorder. He has been described in legal directories as a heavyweight and charismatic advocate who commands the respect of Judges and opponents. He regularly represents the Environment Agency and has acted in some of the most high profile environmental pollution cases where large fines have been imposed.
Lisa Roberts KC, Lincoln House Chambers
Lisa specialises in criminal and regulatory law, inquiries and advisory work including for utility companies and large public bodies. She took silk in 2015 and is consistently ranked in the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners as a leading silk. She regularly represents a number of water companies including the UK’s largest water company, Thames Water.
Dominic Kay KC, Crown Office Chambers
Dominic is a specialist regulatory law practitioner and is one of a very small number of King’s Counsel to be listed by the legal directories as a leading individual in each of his three areas of practice: Health & Safety, Environmental Law and Inquests & Inquiries. In relation to his Environmental Law work, in the past couple of years alone he has represented several of the UK’s main water and utility companies including Thames Water, Yorkshire Water, Severn Trent Water, South West Water and Anglian Water.
Timings:
4.45-5.15pm: Registration
5.15pm: Seminar (1 hour panel session with discussion/questions)
6.15pm: Close
6.15-6.30pm: HSLA Chair update on committee elections
6.30pm – 9pm: Christmas Drinks
The seminar will be offered both in person and by Zoom.
Attendance in person is encouraged at Eversheds Sutherland, 1 Wood Street, London EC2V 7WS (nearest underground stations are Moorgate, Bank and St. Paul’s).
The seminar will be offered both in person and by Zoom. Attendance in person is encouraged at Eversheds Sutherland, 1 Wood Street, EC2V 7WS (nearest underground stations are Moorgate, Bank and St. Paul’s).
Please sign up to attend the in-person event using this booking link registration or to join online via Zoom complete the below form.
DATE FOR DIARIES!
Friday 22 December
Nominations close for committee positions.
DATE FOR DIARIES!
Friday 19 January 2024
Nominees for committee positions are circulated to the membership and the vote opens.
SAVE THE DATE!
Thursday 1 February 2024
Seminar and HSLA Committee Elections at DAC Beachcroft, London
Further details will follow.
Bookings
Bookings are closed for this event.
