BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:52@hsla.org.uk DTSTART:20210720T173000Z DTEND:20210720T184500Z DTSTAMP:20210617T094316Z URL:https://hsla.org.uk/events/the-lost-cause-the-bosley-mill-explosion-tr ial/ SUMMARY:The Lost Cause? The Bosley Mill Explosion Trial DESCRIPTION:Dominic Kay QC\, Simon Antrobus QC \, Malcolm Galloway and Mark Balysz from Crown Office Chambers provide an insight into the legal argum ents and strategy that led to the dismissal of the 8 manslaughter charges in this case\, together with the eventual collapse of the trial of two of the company’s “managers”.\nThey will chart the way in which one of t he largest health and safety trials of the last few years\, taking place a t a Nightingale Court for 3 months in Chester\, came to such an intense co nclusion\, following a successful submission of no case to answer and then (within a week) a successful defence of that ruling before the Court of A ppeal: R. v. Wood Treatment Ltd &\; George Boden [2021] EWCA Crim 618.\ nThe talk will focus on the catalyst for this surprising conclusion\, name ly the issue of causation\, examining the criminal law approach towards ca usation\, principally concerning manslaughter but also with application to health and safety prosecutions more generally\, and sentencing. The trial involved the company\, its managing director and two managers\, and this talk will also consider the complicated legal issues relating to the paras itic offences under s.37 HSWA 1974 for those with perceived managerial res ponsibility within the business. It was a trial that managed to encapsulat e the broad spectrum of issues that arise in safety-related prosecutions\, and the strategy of dealing with such matters in a multi-defendant case w ill be examined in conjunction with the legal issues.\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers ’ biographies:\n\n\n\nDominic Kay QC\n\nDominic is recognised as one of the country’s leading QCs in defending criminal regulatory proceedings. He was named Health &\; Safety Silk of the Year at the 2020 Bar Awards. Dominic has represented some of the UK’s largest and best-known compani es across a wide variety of sectors including construction\, retail\, heal thcare\, transport\, automotive and manufacturing. He has particular and e xtensive expertise in defending corporate and individual manslaughter pros ecutions. In the Bosley Mill case\, together with Harry Vann he represente d the First Defendant\, Wood Treatment Limited\, which was charged with fo ur counts of corporate manslaughter together with a breach of s.2 HSWA.\n\ n\n\n\nSimon Antrobus QC\n\nSimon has been one of the leading practitioner s in the field of criminal health and safety law for the last 20 years. He has defended in the largest and highest profile cases\, such as the Bunce field oil terminal explosion\, the Alton Towers Smiler rollercoaster colli sion\, the Pembroke oil refinery explosion\, and the recent Hillsborough c riminal trial. He represented the managing director of WTL\, George Boden\ , who was facing 4 counts of manslaughter and one s.37 HSWA 1974 Act offen ce in the Bosley Mill trial\, leading Sandesh Singh from chambers.\n\n\n\n \nMalcolm Galloway\n\n\nMalcolm is described by the directories as ‘a gr eat jury advocate\, who is very\, very personable and extremely sharp’. A past nominee for the Chambers and Partners “Health and Safety Junior o f the Year” award\, he is regularly instructed in complex and high profi le health and safety investigations including Gross Negligence Manslaughte r\, Corporate Manslaughter. He has represented numerous corporate clients including\, DHL\, the NEC Birmingham\, South Wales Police\, Mitchells and Butler and Flybe. In the Bosley Mill trial\, together with Lucy Wright (Li ncoln House Chambers)\, he represented the Mill Manager charged with breac h of s.37 HSWA.\n\n\n\nMark Balysz\n\nMark Balysz is one of the country’ s leading criminal regulatory advocates with an established record of succ essfully defending directors and companies\, including the largest global organisations.  He was named Health and Safety Junior of the Year at the 2016 and 2020 Bar Awards.  Mark has recently secured acquittals for three directors charged with manslaughter (R v M\; R v L\; R v D) and in 2021/2 2 he is instructed\, as leader\, to defend two companies charged with corp orate manslaughter and a director charged with gross negligence manslaught er.  In the Bosley Mill trial\, together with Mike Atkins\, he represente d the Operations Executive Manager charged with breach of s.37 HSWA.\n\n\n \n\nEvent timing\nWebinar Host Amy Sadro\, HSLA Vice Secretary and Membe r of the HSLA Events Committee\n\n5.30 pm-6.30 pm – introduction and sem inar\;\n\n6.30 pm-6.45 pm – Q and A followed by close.\n\n\n\nDates for your diary:\n\n23 September 2021 – Late Summer Party: seminar and social – the seminar will be offered both by Zoom and attending at Osborn Clar ke’s offices at One London Wall\, Barbican\, London.\n\n26 November 2021 – Annual Conference and Dinner – this year the Annual Conference will be offered remotely by Zoom and at Fishmongers Hall where you can also at tend the annual dinner. 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