Regulatory Enforcement & Crime
Members of the Regulatory Enforcement & Crime Team specialise in a number of specific areas relating to regulatory work. We have experience in advising both public authorities and private clients and of conducting and defending prosecutions in all levels of the Court system, including judicial review and case-stated.
The team draws from experience in a number of areas including the following:
Environmental
Offences including waste management, pollution and noise.
Financial Regulatory, Money Laundering and Fraud
We advise on financial compliance matters, particularly in the context of money laundering and financial regulatory work. Our members also have experience of FSA regulation and investigation work. With the introduction of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and its related legislation, this has become an increasingly complex and specialist area. We are able to advise clients in relation to investigations, prosecutions, freezing orders, letters of request, international co-operation arrangements and reporting requirements.
Food Safety Standards
Work includes contamination, fitness for human consumption and food hygiene/safety.
Health & Safety and Inquests
We act for individuals, partnerships and companies in relation to health and safety matters.
These involve investigative enquiries by the Health & Safety Executive, local authorities and the Crown Prosecution Service, including advice and pre-charge. We defend prosecutions of this type, including corporate and individual manslaughter allegations and other regulatory offences resulting in death or serious injury or the risk of it.
This area of law is particularly important as some offences now carry imprisonment and courts more readily consider Director Disqualification Orders.
Prosecutions often follow inquests (and indeed are held with that in mind) and attendance at these is extremely important. The team frequently deals with such hearings, thereby providing the complete service.
Housing
Including the representation of local authorities in ASBO applications.
Medical Regulatory/Disciplinary Work
Members appear regularly before the General Medical Council, the General Dental Council, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Health Professions Council and on appeal before the Administrative Court. They also represent clinicians in hospital and Primary Care Trust disciplinary proceedings both at first instance and on appeal.
Many members have considerable experience both in common law fields and in crime, ensuring that we are able to represent practitioners in parallel proceedings arising from the same allegations and in particular, criminal and civil proceedings for damages.
Planning Breaches
We represent enforcement agencies or defendants, this includes enforcement notices, breaches of TPO’s and listed building matters.
Trading Standards and Licensing
We prosecute and defend across the full range of this work, including trade descriptions, misleading price indications, weights and measures, distance and doorstep selling, trademark infringement, under-age sales, general product and toy safety, copyright and video classification.
Simon Morgan and Adrian Maxwell are also ranked as Leading Juniors in the VHCC Scheme, administered by the Legal Services Commission.
Recommendations
Chambers UK 2012
Simon Morgan of St John’s Chambers is “outstanding, and a superb communicator, who is focused and approachable,” say sources. His most high-profile recent case was the prosecution of Vanessa George for child sex abuse.
Chambers UK 2011
Simon Morgan continues his impressive handling of the most serious and long-running criminal cases. He most recently prosecuted an extremely sensitive and high-profile child abuse case that received extensive national media coverage.
Legal 500 2011
Simon Morgan “always shows an ability to make firm, logical decisions very quickly”, is a “formidable advocate”, and has a mixed crime, regulatory and inquest practice.
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