Kevin Bridges
Partner
Health & safety
Our dedicated team of Health & Safety experts operates across all three UK legal jurisdictions and has deep insight into developing proactive compliance strategies, in addition to responding to reactive incident response.
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Our leading Health and Safety & Risk Advisory team (top ranked by the UK legal directories) operates across all UK jurisdictions (England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), with clients drawn from all sectors.
Utilising unrivalled experience advising clients in high hazard industries we have created and refined tried and trusted measures to give clients from all sectors the best chance of ensuring that adverse incidents are avoided. Should the worst happen, however, our team of specialists will ensure that the best possible outcome is secured, from providing support and advice in the immediate aftermath of an incident, the investigation and any enforcement action, inquest, fatal accident inquiry or prosecution. We are lawyers and business advisors who give strategic, commercial and pragmatic advice.
We have developed a valuable insight into the HSE's enforcement priorities, their sector strategies and the importance of a positive health and safety culture within an organisation. This understanding feeds into the range of advisory services that we offer to clients to upskill their internal teams, enhance their standards of compliance, and explore the regulatory strengths and weaknesses of the business.
Our latest work
Our advisers act on domestic and international matters of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names in the market. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and industry sectors.
Sean Elson
Partner
Meet the team
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Bruce Craig
Partner
Bruce leads the litigation team in Aberdeen as a litigation and regulatory partner specialising in health & safety, shipping and commercial disputes.
Jon Cowlan
Health & Safety Manager
Jon is a Health & Safety Consultant in the Regulatory Team and is a primary contact for Pinsent Masons' preventive health & safety services.
Katherine Metcalfe
Legal Director
Katherine is a litigator specialising in advice on health and safety, fire safety and environmental matters.
Laura Cameron
Partner, Head of Risk Advisory Services
Laura leads our Risk Advisory Services group and is recognised as a leading lawyer in the field of Health and Safety. She has extensive experience of representing household names in times of crisis and regulatory investigations, and carries out advisory work and board-level training for a number of major PLCs on their Health and Safety responsibilities.
Laura Gillespie
Partner
Laura specialises in regulatory enforcement and advises clients in a range of sectors dealing with compliance issues ranging from data and cyber breaches, internal fraud, corporate crime and health & safety.
Stacy Keen
Senior Associate
Stacy is a litigator and a regulatory defence Senior Associate specialising in criminal and regulatory risk.
Tom Stocker
Partner
Tom specialises in financial crime, corporate investigations, and regulatory enforcement. Tom is ranked in Legal 500 (2020) as Scotland’s leading individual for white collar crime advice.
William Park
Senior Associate
Willie has extensive experience of investigating accidents at work in preparation for defending companies prosecuted for breaches of health and safety legislation and for fatal accident inquiries.
Zoe Betts
Senior Associate
Zoe is a criminal regulatory lawyer, who specialises in the defence of health and safety matters.
Our expertise, at your disposal
With over 430 partners and 3000 people around the world, we are well-placed to support you across a full range of legal and advisory services.
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We explore the key components and scope of the new regulatory system, industry concerns and how your organisation can prepare, the interaction with existing health and safety duties including CDM 2015 and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Latest press releases
Show me all press releasesDispute Resolution Group appointments partners in Munich
International law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed partners Johanna Weißbach and Christian Schmidt as litigation partners in their Dispute Resolution Group in Munich, where they will both focus on clients within the Financial Services and Advanced Manufacturing & Technology sectors.
Pinsent Masons announces 2020 partner promotions
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has announced 17 new partners in its 2020 promotion round as it promotes outside of traditional legal services for the first time.
Pinsent Masons Hong Kong recognised in Law Firm of the Year survey
International law firm Pinsent Masons was listed in the top tier for 3 categories in a recent survey conducted by Asian-mena Counsel’s In-House Community to identify Firms of the Year 2019 for the second consecutive year.
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The Lawyer
Law Firm of the Year 2018
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Legal Business
Law Firm of the Year 2019
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Stonewall
Employer of the Year 2019