Laura White
Managing Senior Associate
Laura is a highly experienced Health and Safety and Fire/ Building Safety specialist. Her experiences includes representing large multi national organisations and individual Directors and Senior Managers following high profile safety incidents involving fatalities or serious injuries.
Laura has a wealth of experience representing large companies and senior individuals in relation to Health and Safety and Fire Safety. Laura works across sectors but most often in Infrastructure and Real Estate. She regularly works on high profile cases resulting in fatalities and serious injuries, including Corporate Manslaughter and Gross Negligence Manslaughter. Her advice is often immediately post incident and in relation to
internal investigations and communications with Regulators and the police. Laura also advises in the content of inquests and public inquiries. She regularly provides H&S compliance advice in the context of complex contractual or joint venture scenarios.
Laura receives excellent feedback from clients and consistently obtains favourable results. She takes pride in being extremely responsive and approachable. Laura is known for her procedural knowledge and experience and careful strategic considerations.
Laura is a regular contributor to the broader Health and Safety Industry through presentations and articles which are very well received.
Laura 's experience
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Advised a top-tier construction company after a diesel spill on an MOD site during a winter gritting service. The spill reached a nearby watercourse, a site of special scientific interest. We guided the client in communications with relevant authorities. No enforcement notices have been issued, and rectification is ongoing.
- United Kingdom
- Health & safety
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Advising the owner of a large property portfolio on its strategy for achieving compliance with building safety requirements across the portfolio, including advice on engagement with other duty holders, development of safety cases and remediation of buildings.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Advising a national property development company after an environmental incident involving 8 tonnes of construction material. The waste carrier stored the material without proper exemptions or planning permissions. We represented the client in an Environment Agency interview under caution. The investigation is ongoing.
- United Kingdom
- Health & safety
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Advised an airline catering business after a fatal incident in April 2023, where an employee was run over by a forklift truck. The police led the initial investigation, later handed over to the London Borough of Hounslow. We advised on the Improvement Notice and ongoing criminal investigation.
- United Kingdom
- Sport & Hospitality
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Advising an offshore windfarm developer and generator on its arrangements for managing health and safety across its portfolio of assets involving joint ventures and providing training to the board.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advising a local authority on its current fire and building safety responsibilities as a landlord, planning authority and building control body.
- United Kingdom
- Real Estate
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Design and delivery of IOSH Leading Safely training to all Directors and Senior Managers of a major construction equipment hire company.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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