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Brechin Tindal Oatts represents clients in high-profile fatal accident inquiries (FAIs) and health and safety investigations, and also provides non-contentious advice. Practice head and criminal solicitor-advocate Clare Bone has an ‘ability to understand the intricacies of a case’. Solicitor-advocate Vikki Watt is also recommended.

Paull & Williamsons LLP is well known for its expertise in the oil and gas sector, and provides ‘prompt service, excellent industry knowledge and experience’. Rona Jamieson attracts very high praise from clients.

Simpson & Marwick’s clients include Travelers, Aviva and RSA Insurance. The firm has ‘excellent knowledge and a swift, pragmatic approach’, and represents clients in HSE prosecutions and FAIs. The ‘calm and effective’ Mark Donaldson and Douglas Russell are recommended.

Health and safety expert Robert Fife heads Anderson Strathern’s team, and ‘has the ability to deliver advice and guidance in layman’s terms’. Robert Carr represented The Coal Authority in a high-profile FAI, and the firm also acts as an external adviser to the HSE. Chris Dickson is also recommended.

Brodies LLP has seen an increase in requests for training and compliance advice following changes in the health and safety market. The firm is ‘always prompt, and shows a high degree of industry knowledge’. Elena Fry leads the team, and clients are ‘especially impressed’ with associate Paul Marshall.

Burness LLP’s multi-disciplinary health and safety team includes lawyers with expertise in criminal 
litigation, construction, employment, property and environmental law. The team ‘tempers its advice in view of commercial viability, the speed of 
response required, and practicality’. Team head Gavin Paton is recommended, along with associate Diane Turner.

McGrigors LLP advises clients such as BP Exploration Operating Company, Lagan Construction and McDonald’s regarding health and safety matters. Laura Cameron heads the team, and Tom Stocker receives praise as being ‘consistently ahead of the game’.

Morton Fraser continues to act as legal adviser to 
the HSE in appeals against enforcement notices served under the HSWA. Team head Ewan McIntyre is recommended.

Biggart Baillie LLP’s clients include Scottish Power and Towergate. David Stevenson leads the team, which advises on compliance and crisis management, and represents clients in HSE investigations.

CMS Cameron McKenna LLP is ‘extremely efficient, with excellent response times and very good client reporting’. The team, led by solicitor-advocate Jan Burgess, has particular expertise in offshore health and safety matters.

DLA Piper Scotland LLP’s health and safety practice head Aisha Anwar ‘gives clear advice and strategy’, and the team achieves ‘good results’. It received instructions to represent Eurocopter during the high-profile FAI into the death of rally driver Colin McRae.

Dundas & Wilson CS LLP’s practice is now headed by senior associate Duncan Mawby, following Edward McHugh’s departure. Clients include Chartis, Falck Renewables, and Scotia Gas Networks.

HBJ Gateley’s broad client base includes companies in the construction and hotel/leisure sectors. Debbie Milne leads the team, and James Lowe is recognised for his expertise in shipping-related health and safety matters.

MacRoberts LLP counts GlaxoSmithKline and WH Malcolm as clients. Practice head Craig Turnbull exclusively handles contentious work, including health and safety prosecutions and FAIs.

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