Call: 1990
Silk: 2006
Brilliant at combining technical know-how with tactics. An incredibly impressive advocate. He is great with clients and has excellent legal knowledge.”
Accidents at work/deaths at work can result in both criminal proceedings against the employer in question as well as private law claims for damages arising from the accident. Insurers tend to be involved in both proceedings and since commencement of his practice Derek’s practice has always involved representing companies or individuals being prosecuted under the Health and Safety at Work Act/daughter legislation as well then acting for them in any subsequent civil proceedings (or inquests).
Derek frequently receives instructions from the employer’s liability insurers of companies and individuals who are facing health and safety prosecutions in the criminal courts and he is very experienced in relation to trials in the magistrates court (e.g. R v Bestway Coventry Magistrates Court; a case under s. 3 of the Health and Safety at Work which involved a so-called “HTML defence”) and the Crown Court with a jury (e.g R v Thomas and R v County Mall Management Limited).
Cases in which Derek has been involved in his practice include prosecutions brought under:-
Gross Negligence Manslaughter/Corporate Manslaughter
Derek is one of the few Counsel who has acted in both a gross negligence manslaughter case (R v English Brothers, Northampton Crown Court) and a corporate manslaughter case (R v Cavendish Masonry, Oxford Crown Court) and he is currently instructed in two such cases.
Tenacious, thorough and an excellent advocate.”
Derek O'Sullivan KC is regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and holds a current practising certificate. If you are not satisfied with the service provided, please read here.
