BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.14//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:64@staging.hsla.org.uk DTSTART:20230111T170000Z DTEND:20230111T200000Z DTSTAMP:20221212T115723Z URL:https://staging.hsla.org.uk/events/to-consider-r-orr-v-wh-malcolm-ltd- at-first-instance-and-in-the-court-of-appeal-criminal-division/ SUMMARY:To consider R (ORR) v. WH Malcolm Ltd at first instance and in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) DESCRIPTION:To consider R (ORR) v. WH Malcolm Ltd at first instance and in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)\nWednesday\, 11 January 2023\n1700 – 2000\nOuter Temple Chambers\n222 Strand\, Temple\, London WC2R 1BA\nT he HSLA invites you to a member event with David Travers KC\, Ben Compton KC\, and James Leonard.\nThe panel will discuss R (ORR) v. WH Malcolm Ltd. The death of an 11-year-old boy who obtained access to a private rail sid ing outside the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal in Northampto nshire led to a first instance trial resulting in a £6.5 million fine. Th is is thought to be the largest health and safety fine in over two decades . The case went to the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and the Court u pheld the Trial Judge’s approach to the Sentencing Council’s Guideline Health and Safety offences.\n\nThis will be a hybrid face-to-face event a nd we hope that it will be an opportunity for members to get together. How ever\, spaces to attend in person are limited\, so please book your place asap.\n\nPlease ensure you print your ticket and bring photo ID with you t o the event.\n\nZoom details to join remotely will be circulated separatel y.\nProgramme: 1700 - 2000\n1700 Registration and refreshments\n1730-1815 Presentation and Q&\;A\n1815-2000 Networking and drinks reception\nIntr oduction:\nColin Moore Member of the HSLA Events Committee\nSpeakers:\nDav id Travers KC Gough Square Chambers\nBen Compton KC Outer Temple Chambers\ nJames Leonard Outer Temple Chambers\nSpeakers’ biographies:\nDavid Trav ers KC\nGough Square Chambers\n\nDavid has a wide regulatory practice span ning Health &\; Safety (including Transport\, Construction and Fire Saf ety)\; Environmental Law (including pollution\, permitting and transfronti er shipment\, and nuclear regulation)\; Consumer Protection (including Pro duct Liability &\; Recall\, Food Safety\, and Trading Standards)\; and related Public Law (including issues related to the lawfulness of decision -making by public bodies).\n\nHe has extensive experience as an advocate a nd has appeared for clients in civil and criminal courts at every level an d in public inquiries\, inquests\, arbitrations\, and mediations.\n\nDavid is recommended in his practice areas by the main independent directories including:-\n• Health and Safety (Band 1)\, Consumer Law (Band 1)\, Envi ronmental Law (Band 2)\, Inquests &\; Inquiries (Band 3)\, and Local Go vernment (Band 4) [by Legal 500]\n• Health and Safety (Band 2)\, Consume r Law (Band 1)\, Environmental Law (Band 2)\, and Life Sciences (Spotlight table) [by Chambers and Partners]\n• Health and Safety\, and Environmen tal Law [by Best Lawyers (US based)]\n• Environmental Law [by Who’s Wh o Legal]\n\nHis favourite directory quotation is by whoever said: “A sil ent assassin with a huge brain.” His second favourite is the commentator who said: “Behind a jovial exterior lurks an apparently sharp intellect ” (sic).\n\nMost of David’s health and safety work involves fatalities .\n\nHe has experience of corporate manslaughter and gross negligence mans laughter. He defended in Gillian Beckingham\, the Local Authority architec t from Barrow in Furness accused of multiple counts of manslaughter and he alth and safety offences after the largest outbreak of Legionnaires Diseas e in Europe.\n\nMore recently\, David acted at the Old Bailey for Martinis ation (London) Limited after the company was carrying out renovations to a n apartment in Knightsbridge and two members of the workforce fell to thei r deaths when a balcony collapsed as they lifted furniture over it. He als o advised one of the core participants in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.\nIn the rail sector\, in addition to prosecuting W H Malcolm Ltd for the ORR\, he prosecuted Renown Railway Services Limited after the death of a young employee of a contractor arising from wholly inadequate management of fati gue.\n\nDavid is currently involved in a number of complex appeals against enforcement notices and appeared for the Coal Authority at the hearing in to determine whether the inquests following the Gleision Mine tragedy sho uld be resumed.\n\nA more detailed biography is at: https://goughsq.co.uk/ barrister/david-travers-kc/.\n\n \;\n\nBen Compton KC\nOuter Temple Ch ambers\n\nHe is recognised as one of the country’s leading health &\; safety law barristers\, ranked in Band 1 by Chambers &\; Partners\, an d in 2015 he was awarded the accolade of “Health &\; Safety Silk of t he Year” at the Chambers &\; Partners Bar Awards. He is described by them as: “An outstanding silk. He explains client strategy effectively a nd he’s always on top of the brief.” “He’s absolutely phenomenal – he’s extremely good on his feet and really good tactically.” “He ’s immensely experienced and has a fantastic manner with clients.”\n\n Ben is also ranked by Legal 500\, described as “a delight to work with a nd is an absolute star performer in court. Ben is engaged\, strategic and willing to roll his sleeves up and think about tactics\, which is greatly appreciated by clients. However\, it is in court where Ben’s skill as an advocate really shines through. I have never seen anyone hold the attenti on of a courtroom like Ben Compton.”\n\nThe vast majority of Ben’s hea lth and safety practice is spent representing corporate defendants and com pany directors and employees in complex workplace accidents\, be they on l and or at sea\, which result in fatalities or serious injuries. His client s have included some of the country’s leading\, corporations\, retailers \, construction companies\, care homes\, leisure companies and public bodi es.\n\nHe is currently instructed in a number of leading cases including t he principal contractor in the Grenfell fire tragedy\, the explosives cont ractors in the Didcot power station collapse and Beko in the forthcoming i nquest concerning the deaths of a number of individuals from carbon monoxi de poisoning from their cookers. He has also been retained by the controll ing port company in relation to the 39 Vietnamese nationals who died in th e back of a haulage lorry and is also instructed on behalf of WH Malcolm i n the ORR prosecution following an electrocution of a boy at the Daventry International Railway Freight Terminal.\n\n \;\n\nJames Leonard\nOuter Temple Chambers\n\nJames' Health &\; Safety and Environmental work lea ds to appearances in Courts at every level\, but his caseload includes the most serious cases. They invariably involve fatalities in the workplace\, allegations of gross negligence manslaughter and offences under the Corpo rate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.\n\nHe represents nation ally known companies (including Comet Group PLC\, Sainsbury Group\, Dyfed Steels Ltd\, RWE Npower PLC\, Western Power Distribution PLC\, Virgin Medi a Group\, BOC (UK) Ltd\, BFK Joint Venture on the Crossrail project\, Babc ock DSG Ltd\, Barratt Developments PLC\, Toppesfield Ltd\, ConocoPhilips ( U.K.) Ltd\, British Airways PLC\, British Car Auctions Ltd and British Lan d PLC) as well as smaller limited companies and their directors.\n\nHis mo st recent work includes representing British Airways PLC in respect of a p rosecution arising out of a serious baggage hall accident at Heathrow’s T5\, successfully defending a company director in Preston Crown Court on a s37 charge arising out of a fatal accident and successfully defending a d emolition company Director for Gross Negligence Manslaughter at the Centra l Criminal Court.\n\nJames is one of only two Counsel in England and Wales who has ‘Star’ status afforded to him by Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2022 in the law of Health and Safety.\nLink to Zoom Booking Form\n& nbsp\;\nIn-Person Attendance Booking Form\n \;\n\n \; CATEGORIES:Lecture LOCATION:Outer Temple Chambers\, Outer Temple Chambers\, 222 Strand\, Templ e\,\, London\, WC2R 1BA\, United Kingdom GEO:51.513345;-0.112522 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Outer Temple Chambers\, 222 Strand\, Temple\,\, London\, WC2R 1BA\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100 ;X-TITLE=Outer Temple Chambers:geo:51.513345,-0.112522 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR