Your challenges
Whether you are a regulator of professionals, a private or public sector organisation or an individual, if you have been involved in an incident of any kind and/or are under investigation for a potential regulatory breach, you will need the assistance of an expert team to help you through what can be a very difficult experience. You may be called to attend an interview under caution, you may need representation at an inquest or court hearing, you may require support to bring fitness to practise proceedings or you may simply require advice as to how to best manage the situation within your organisation.
Achieving your ambitions
Our regulatory team can provide you with vital support if you or your organisation faces a criminal investigation or prosecution, have had the misfortune to be involved in an accident or indeed if you are a regulator requiring advice or assistance with prosecutions or alternative cost effective enforcement solutions.
The strength you need
Our expert team, currently consisting of three partners, five associates, five solicitors/barristers and a large number of paralegals, has over 30 years of experience in this specialist field. As our team includes experienced advocates, we can offer you a one stop service. Our wide ranging work includes:
- Representing a national regulator under threat of prosecution by the HSE for an offence of corporate manslaughter
- Prosecuting a large number of fitness to practise cases on behalf of a large national professional regulator
- Acting for the health and social care regulator in all types of enforcement and advisory work
- Representing a higher education client at an inquest and in the criminal court following a drowning in a swimming pool
- Prosecuting on behalf of a local authority a major supermarket chain for health and safety breaches following an accident in the workplace
- Successfully defending a farming client charged with causing death by dangerous driving relating to the use of an agricultural trailer
- Advising an NHS trust facing a claim for personal injury arising from a historic exposure to asbestos
Lawyers you can trust
The Legal 500 directory says “Mills & Reeve LLP's, Ian Mayers, often defends corporate, public and private clients across the UK in criminal investigations. An experienced advocate, Ian also prosecutes for regulatory bodies.”