BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:65@hsla.org.uk DTSTART:20230111T173000Z DTEND:20230111T183000Z DTSTAMP:20230104T164659Z URL:https://hsla.org.uk/events/zoom-attendance-to-consider-r-orr-v-wh-malc olm-ltd-at-first-instance-and-in-the-court-of-appeal-criminal-division/ SUMMARY:Zoom Attendance: To consider R (ORR) v. WH Malcolm Ltd at first ins tance and in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) DESCRIPTION:To consider R (ORR) v. WH Malcolm Ltd at first instance and in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)\nWednesday\, 11 January 2023\n17.3 0 – 18.15\nOuter Temple Chambers\n222 Strand\, Temple\, London WC2R 1BA\ nThe HSLA invites you to a member event with David Travers KC\, Ben Compto n KC\, and James Leonard.\nThe panel will discuss R (ORR) v. WH Malcolm Lt d. The death of an 11-year-old boy who obtained access to a private rail s iding outside the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal in Northamp tonshire led to a first instance trial resulting in a £6.5 million fine. This is thought to be the largest health and safety fine in over two decad es. The case went to the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and the Court upheld the Trial Judge’s approach to the Sentencing Council’s Guideli ne Health and Safety offences.\n\nThis will be a hybrid face-to-face event and we hope that it will be an opportunity for members to get together. H owever\, spaces to attend in person are limited\, so please book your plac e asap.\nProgramme: 1700 - 2000\n1700 Registration and refreshments\n1730- 1815 Presentation and Q&\;A\n1815-2000 Networking and drinks reception\ nIntroduction:\nColin Moore Member of the HSLA Events Committee\nSpeakers: \nDavid Travers KC Gough Square Chambers\nBen Compton KC Outer Temple Cham bers\nJames Leonard Outer Temple Chambers\nSpeakers’ biographies:\nDavid Travers KC\nGough Square Chambers\n\nDavid has a wide regulatory practice spanning Health &\; Safety (including Transport\, Construction and Fir e Safety)\; Environmental Law (including pollution\, permitting and transf rontier shipment\, and nuclear regulation)\; Consumer Protection (includin g Product Liability &\; Recall\, Food Safety\, and Trading Standards)\; and related Public Law (including issues related to the lawfulness of dec ision-making by public bodies).\n\nHe has extensive experience as an advoc ate and has appeared for clients in civil and criminal courts at every lev el and in public inquiries\, inquests\, arbitrations\, and mediations.\n\n David is recommended in his practice areas by the main independent directo ries including:-\n• Health and Safety (Band 1)\, Consumer Law (Band 1)\, Environmental Law (Band 2)\, Inquests &\; Inquiries (Band 3)\, and Loc al Government (Band 4) [by Legal 500]\n• Health and Safety (Band 2)\, Co nsumer Law (Band 1)\, Environmental Law (Band 2)\, and Life Sciences (Spot light table) [by Chambers and Partners]\n• Health and Safety\, and Envir onmental Law [by Best Lawyers (US based)]\n• Environmental Law [by Who ’s Who Legal]\n\nHis favourite directory quotation is by whoever said: “A silent assassin with a huge brain.” His second favourite is the com mentator who said: “Behind a jovial exterior lurks an apparently sharp i ntellect” (sic).\n\nMost of David’s health and safety work involves fa talities.\n\nHe has experience of corporate manslaughter and gross neglige nce manslaughter. He defended in Gillian Beckingham\, the Local Authority architect from Barrow in Furness accused of multiple counts of manslaughte r and health and safety offences after the largest outbreak of Legionnaire s Disease in Europe.\n\nMore recently\, David acted at the Old Bailey for Martinisation (London) Limited after the company was carrying out renovati ons to an apartment in Knightsbridge and two members of the workforce fell to their deaths when a balcony collapsed as they lifted furniture over it . He also advised one of the core participants in the Grenfell Tower Inqui ry.\nIn the rail sector\, in addition to prosecuting W H Malcolm Ltd for t he ORR\, he prosecuted Renown Railway Services Limited after the death of a young employee of a contractor arising from wholly inadequate management of fatigue.\n\nDavid is currently involved in a number of complex appeals against enforcement notices and appeared for the Coal Authority at the he aring in to determine whether the inquests following the Gleision Mine tra gedy should be resumed.\n\nA more detailed biography is at: https://goughs q.co.uk/barrister/david-travers-kc/.\n\n \;\n\nBen Compton KC\nOuter T emple Chambers\n\nHe is recognised as one of the country’s leading healt h &\; safety law barristers\, ranked in Band 1 by Chambers &\; Partn ers\, and in 2015 he was awarded the accolade of “Health &\; Safety S ilk of the Year” at the Chambers &\; Partners Bar Awards. He is descr ibed by them as: “An outstanding silk. He explains client strategy effec tively and he’s always on top of the brief.” “He’s absolutely phen omenal – he’s extremely good on his feet and really good tactically. ” “He’s immensely experienced and has a fantastic manner with client s.”\n\nBen is also ranked by Legal 500\, described as “a delight to wo rk with and is an absolute star performer in court. Ben is engaged\, strat egic and willing to roll his sleeves up and think about tactics\, which is greatly appreciated by clients. However\, it is in court where Ben’s sk ill as an advocate really shines through. I have never seen anyone hold th e attention of a courtroom like Ben Compton.”\n\nThe vast majority of Be n’s health and safety practice is spent representing corporate defendant s and company directors and employees in complex workplace accidents\, be they on land or at sea\, which result in fatalities or serious injuries. H is clients have included some of the country’s leading\, corporations\, retailers\, construction companies\, care homes\, leisure companies and pu blic bodies.\n\nHe is currently instructed in a number of leading cases in cluding the principal contractor in the Grenfell fire tragedy\, the explos ives contractors in the Didcot power station collapse and Beko in the fort hcoming inquest concerning the deaths of a number of individuals from carb on monoxide poisoning from their cookers. He has also been retained by the controlling port company in relation to the 39 Vietnamese nationals who d ied in the back of a haulage lorry and is also instructed on behalf of WH Malcolm in the ORR prosecution following an electrocution of a boy at the Daventry International Railway Freight Terminal.\n\n \;\n\nJames Leona rd\nOuter Temple Chambers\n\nJames' Health &\; Safety and Environmental work leads to appearances in Courts at every level\, but his caseload inc ludes the most serious cases. They invariably involve fatalities in the wo rkplace\, allegations of gross negligence manslaughter and offences under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.\n\nHe represen ts nationally known companies (including Comet Group PLC\, Sainsbury Group \, Dyfed Steels Ltd\, RWE Npower PLC\, Western Power Distribution PLC\, Vi rgin Media Group\, BOC (UK) Ltd\, BFK Joint Venture on the Crossrail proje ct\, Babcock DSG Ltd\, Barratt Developments PLC\, Toppesfield Ltd\, Conoco Philips (U.K.) Ltd\, British Airways PLC\, British Car Auctions Ltd and Br itish Land PLC) as well as smaller limited companies and their directors.\ n\nHis most recent work includes representing British Airways PLC in respe ct of a prosecution arising out of a serious baggage hall accident at Heat hrow’s T5\, successfully defending a company director in Preston Crown C ourt on a s37 charge arising out of a fatal accident and successfully defe nding a demolition company Director for Gross Negligence Manslaughter at t he Central Criminal Court.\n\nJames is one of only two Counsel in England and Wales who has ‘Star’ status afforded to him by Chambers and Partne rs UK Bar Guide 2022 in the law of Health and Safety.\n\n \;\n\nLink t o In-Person Attendance Booking Form\n\nZoom Booking Form\n \;\n\n  \; CATEGORIES:Online LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87836130865?pwd=L3R4WVR1V2lUdytRUURqcW1I WENaQT09 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR