Health & Safety

The firm has over 50 years experience of handling criminal and regulatory cases and is one of the "Top 10" providers of criminal legal services nationally.

The dedicated team can call upon over 60 people who solely handle criminal cases within the firm including 9 solicitors who have achieved Higher Court Advocate status. There are also 35 staff members who have Law Society Accreditation to represent individuals at Police Stations throughout the country.

Health and Safety

Forbes has the widest possible experience of representing:-

  • Companies and Public Sector employers
  • Organisations charged with Health & Safety offences
  • Insurers and their policy holders
  • Individuals charged with serious criminal offences including manslaughter
  • Individuals charged with the full range of motoring offences from driving without due care and attention to causing death by dangerous driving.

Recent experience includes:

  • Defence of a company director charged with manslaughter.
  • A case involving very serious alleged Health & Safety breaches on behalf of multi-national company where the prosecution was struck out as abuse of process.
  • Representing company in relation to Legionella outbreak.
  • Defence of a Local Authority relating to a fatality involving an alleged highway defect.
  • Defence of a public authority following a death of an employee relating to an alleged building defect.

For further information contact Paul Geldard

We have expert Solicitors at each of our offices based in Accrington, Blackburn, Chorley, Leeds, Manchester and Preston.

Meet the Health & Safety team

Our Housing Team also deals with gas safety, legionella, asbestos, electrics and fire safety issues.

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