Regulatory solicitors
Regulatory and criminal law solicitors for businesses and individuals: by your side, every step of the way.
Advice
The regulatory landscape affecting your business is evolving. Our experienced regulatory solicitors work with you to identify what is on the horizon and manage risks that may impact your business.
We work collaboratively to protect your business and your reputation by identifying these risks, evaluating your procedures to prevent breaches and advise you efficiently and effectively should an investigation or prosecution be threatened.
We pride ourselves on building great working relationships with our clients: understanding your business and working with you to ensure your business maximises the opportunities that flow from understanding the regulatory framework is what drives us.
Our experts work with clients nationally and internationally in many different sectors: we are on your side every step of the way.
For example, our clients include prominent retailers based in the UK and overseas. We work with them to consider their strategic objectives in relation to pricing and discounts, as well as risks connected with statements made on their website. We have a strong track record of representing businesses under investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority.
Representation
If your business is currently faced with an investigation, our experts will work with you to mitigate the risk of prosecution and construct a robust defence if needed.
We recognise that a criminal conviction can have devastating consequences, both personally and professionally. Our dedicated regulatory solicitors and criminal law solicitors understand the pressures faced by individuals and businesses under investigation or prosecution. We are acknowledged experts in responding to investigations by specialist fraud teams, the Health and Safety Executive (“HSE”) and Environment Agency. Our lawyers have a strong track record successfully defending business and directors, sports clubs, schools, colleges and SMEs across the country.
We are proud of the strength in depth across the team. Whether your business is facing an investigation by the Traffic Commissioner or an Inquest by a Coroner, there is a lawyer in our team that is right for you, who will be by your side every step of the way.
Our expertise
Crime and regulatory advice for the agricultural sector
As a key NFU panel firm, our regulatory solicitors have a thorough understanding of the unique challenges faced by the farming community and the agricultural sector as a whole. We can assist you with matters including prosecutions and criminal investigations by agencies such as the Environment Agency, Local Authorities, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the police.
Health and Safety investigations and prosecutions
Early legal advice on Health & Safety investigations and prosecutions is critical to the outcome.
If your business is under investigation by the Health & Safety Executive or the police in relation to alleged breaches of health and safety law, our crime and regulatory team has the specialist expertise and experience you need and a strong track record representing clients regarding fatalities and serious injuries in the workplace.
Representing professional sports clubs charged with Misconduct
Our lawyers have a national reputation when it comes to managing legal risk connected with the safe operation of a stadium. Lawyers have been involved in some of the most prominent cases addressing stadium licensing of recent times and have represented prominent sports clubs facing investigation by the Police and Football Association. Typically, such cases have followed alleged racist or homophobic chanting and / or pitch incursions.
We can deliver bespoke training to your club, having delivered training to industry organisations such as the Football Safety Officers’; Association (“the FSOA”) over many years.
Our lawyers are passionate about sport and work alongside the Rugby Union Safety Association as well as the FSOA to ensure we are at the heart of the sector and understand what matters to all those involved.
CQC compliance and investigations in the care sector
Our regulatory solicitors have a wealth of experience providing advice to the care sector. We represent registered providers and individuals on inquests, safeguarding inquiries and investigations, including those instigated by the Care Quality Commission or Care Inspectorate for Wales.
Bespoke training and compliance advice for your business
Providing your business with training to help you understand the evolving regulatory framework for your business is a core part of our regulatory services and mission critical to our work with you to reduce risk and maximise opportunities.
Please contact us directly to discuss how we can work together to place you in the best possible position to protect your business from the threat of regulatory action.
Criminal law solicitors for individuals
We can help individuals dealing with, road traffic incidents (including inquiries before the Traffic Commissioner), animal welfare matters, Housing Act matters and breaches or enforcement of planning law.
We can help individuals dealing with police investigations relating to any criminal matter, including road traffic incidents. We represent clients being investigated and those who face prosecution before the Magistrates’ or Crown Court. Our regulatory solicitors regularly represent clients in matters relating to local authority prosecutions, such as animal welfare, planning enforcement, Housing Act cases and food safety matters.
Inquest solicitors for witnesses and interested persons
Our regulatory solicitors have extensive experience representing witnesses and core participants at inquests. So we understand how distressing these hearings, and the potential consequences, can be.
We always handle a Coroner’s inquest with the greatest care to all involved, whilst also taking every possible step to reduce the risk of a prosecution, claims and reputational damage.
If you’ve been called as a witness at an inquest, please call or get in touch online for clear, pragmatic advice and representation.
