Regulatory law specialists
All businesses have to comply with certain regulations and Health & Safety laws. Occasionally, mistakes happen and standards slip, and your organisation can be in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
We help businesses defend allegations of breaches of regulatory laws and standards. Our specialist lawyers can be on site promptly to help you with investigations. We navigate criminal investigations, inquests, and inquiries for our clients.
Why choose Harewood Law?
If you’re facing regulatory investigation, having an expert regulatory solicitor on your side can make all the difference. Our regulatory law specialists will give you the clear, practical legal advice and robust representation you need.
Our regulatory Solicitors are experts in defending against prosecutions by local authority departments and other professional regulatory bodies, including:
• Licensing
• Planning law
• Trading standards
• Environmental health
• The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
In regulatory law cases, every client is different and every case is different. The approach you need will depend on your individual circumstances and priorities.
With access to leading barristers and experts, we’ll build a legal team that meets your specific needs.
Do you need regulatory law representation?
Contact the team at Harewood Law today.
0333 344 8377
From 9.00am - 5.00pm
0333 344 8366
Outside office hours
(Police station attendances)
Emergency support
We can be on site quickly to give you immediate assistance after an incident.
When incidents happen at your business, there’s a level of confusion and panic. There are often wise choices you can make at this stage to preserve evidence and minimise damage to the business, but that doesn’t always happen in the immediate aftermath.
With a lawyer on site as soon as possible, we can facilitate the investigation, protect your position as individuals and as a business, and help to minimise reputational damage.
Whether it’s an investigation by the police, the Health & Safety Executive, or local authorities, our team has experience in handling these incidents.
We represent you at interviews under caution, and oversee the investigation to make sure it keeps within its legal parameters.
Ongoing Health & Safety advice
We help businesses to stay on top of their compliance, policy and governance obligations.
We can help you with your risk assessment processes and your policies for keeping employees safe in their roles.
Occasionally, businesses are served with improvement notices, prohibition notices, or enforcement notices after an inspection by the Health & Safety Executive, or the Environment Agency. We advise clients on how to comply with these notices and avoid incurring fines or further action.
Defending a prosecution against you
If you’re facing prosecution for a regulatory law issue, we can represent your business at every step of the way.
From the initial police station interview, to preparing detailed statements, and representing you in the Crown Court or Magistrates Court, our lawyers will help you avert or limit the prosecution against you.
Organisations are facing increasing exposure to higher fines, and even custodial sentences in some cases. With expert representation and a strong defence, you reduce the risk of the most punitive measures.
We represent our clients in litigation, inquests, and inquiries.
Areas of expertise
HSE investigations
From small incidents through to corporate manslaughter allegations, our team will be on site quickly to handle any Health & Safety issues. We help you handle the investigation, preserve evidence, and build your case.
Investigations by Environment Agency
If you’ve been caught up in an environmental breach, we can help you minimise the damage to your business, reputationally and financially.
Investigations by the GMC
We represent doctors, nurses and other medical practitioners who are facing investigation by the General Medical Council. We support you through the investigation and any fitness to practice hearing. Understandably this can be a stressful and uncertain time but we can prepare a robust case for you and guide you through the process.
SRA investigations
If you’re a solicitor under investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, we can help you with your case. We’ll pre-empt the next steps and help you prepare, finding the best points for you to put forward.
Sports investigations
We represent athletes who are under investigation by the UK Anti-Doping Agency, or the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Police misconduct
We advise on all aspects of Police conduct matters from disclosure, evidence and the presentation of cases at pre-hearings and final hearings. We support individual police officers who are facing these investigations and represent you throughout the process.
Understanding regulatory investigations
What prompts a regulatory investigation?
Regulatory investigations take place when there’s been an allegation of a breach of the regulations or a failure to meet the required legal standards.
How will I know if an allegation has been made?
If an allegation is made against you, your regulatory body will usually contact you by letter or telephone. At this point you should seek legal advice.
I’ve been called for interview, what should I do?
Regulators will conduct interviews under caution to gather evidence against the individual or business in question.
If you’ve been called for interview, we strongly recommend instructing our specialist regulatory solicitors. They’ll give you the clear, practical legal advice you need to help you plan ahead and make sure you’re prepared to answer any questions.