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Catherine Henney

Legal Director

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Languages: Italian (conversational)

Catherine is a Legal Director on the EHS team in Manchester.

She specializes in advising and defending organizations being investigated and prosecuted by the HSE, Police, EA or Local Authorities following safety or environmental incidents. Her particular specialty lies in crisis and incident management, dealing with the immediate aftermath and liaising with regulators, and then working with clients to ensure a thorough and methodical post-incident investigation. Catherine represents clients during all stages of legal proceedings, including during inquest, at the Magistrates and in the Crown Court.

Catherine acts for clients across numerous sectors, and deals with matters, including food safety, trading standards and environmental/occupational health. She routinely gives compliance advice in relation matters involving, for example, CDM and COMAH requirements, and fire and other safety risks associated with premises.

Catherine's recent client work includes:

  • immediate on-site attendance following a fall from height in a warehouse, and ongoing representation throughout the regulator’s investigation
  • defending a historic prosecution in relation to a fatality in a cement kiln and dealing with arguments surrounding abuse of process
  • dealing with multiple investigations for a food sector client, in relation to different incidents at different sites such as steam burns to a process worker, injury to a contractor, noise and odor complaints, an oil spill and a lifting incident
  • representing a client during investigation and subsequent prosecution by HSE following a power outage at a site housing high-containment facilities (but where no actual loss of containment occurred)
  • coordinating a multi-jurisdictional project for a global investment client to understand the division of responsibilities for health and safety across its portfolio of European leasehold properties

Catherine was also part of the senior teams on the Mid Staffordshire and Jersey Care Inquiries.

Catherine Henney

Legal Director

Catherine Henney

Legal Director

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