Legal support for internal investigations
When serious incidents occur on site, the demands on your time will be numerous. Not only will you have to explain to senior management, and those directly effected, what happened and why, but you may also have to deal with a steady stream of demands for information from the Regulatory Authorities, such as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Environment Agency (EA) Local Authority (LA) or the Police.
During all of this you also will be expected to investigate the incident and assist the regulator whilst protecting the interests of your business. Without protection, the HSE, EA or LA can demand a copy of any internal investigation report you produce which could severely affect your business’s position.
Our health, safety and environmental specialist solicitors advise and assist clients daily on the conduct of incident investigations and the production of incident investigation reports. In particular, our expert team can help by:
- explaining the purpose of the internal investigation
- advising on the scope and focus of the internal investigation
- maintaining legal privilege on investigation reports
- collating and recording full and accurate witness evidence
- obtaining expert evidence where required
- securing sufficient evidence to assess or defend any criminal prosecution or civil claim which may follow
To arrange a discussion with a health, safety and environment solicitor click here or call us on 0800 840 4929.
