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RPC Offices

RPC
TOWER BRIDGE HOUSE
ST KATHARINE'S WAY
LONDON
E1W 1AA
England
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Gavin Reese

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020 3060 6895 gavin.reese@rpc.co.uk

Work Department

Liability, Products and Health Safety & Environmental.

Position

Gavin has been advising insurers and corporates for over 30 years. He heads up RPC’s experienced liability team and leads the firm’s regulatory practice.

He deals with a broad range of liability and product claims, including stress and catastrophic injury claims. The product side of his practice includes advice on the Consumer Protection Act 1987, European regulation, and product liability cases, including those involving food, machinery, consumer and safety products.

He regularly advises companies and individuals facing Health & Safety and Environmental investigations and prosecutions, often following a major event. He is frequently instructed in connection with sensitive cases involving fatalities. 

Highlight cases include:  R v Sebeika (successful defence of a contractor after a fall from height); R v Counsell (successful defence of fireworks operator prosecuted for a health and safety offence following the 2011 M5 crash); R v Enviro-Waste Ltd (prosecution over death of three employees); R v Matthews (successful defence of gross negligence manslaughter charge); Hawley v Luminar Leisure (leading case on temporary deemed employment); representing a well-known high street retailer in connection with investigation concerning asbestos-containing materials; successful defence of electrical supplier facing product-related fatal accident claims.

Career

Articled Edward Fail Neale & Co/Sharpe Pritchard; qualified 1985; assistant Sharpe Pritchard 1985-88; assistant Reynolds Porter Chamberlain 1988-95; partner: 1995. Publications of note: Contributing author to ‘Insurance for the Construction Industry’ Hogarth OUP 2012.

Memberships

Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association; UK Environmental Law Association.

Education

Ashford North School, University College, Cardiff (1982 LLB Hons); College of Law, Guildford (1983 LSF).

Leisure

Rugby; football; private pilot’s licence.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Insurance > Product liability: defendant

(Leading individuals)

Gavin Reese – RPC

RPC is known for its work for insurers and insured with experience of handling life sciences claims, de-fending manufacturers and suppliers of medical devices. The practice has experience of products in a range of sectors including automobile, construction, packaging, telecoms, food and drink. Gavin Reese deals with product claims with an international element and co-heads the team with Dorothy Flower , who focuses on the defence of medical devices and pharmaceutical products. Lucy Dyson specialises in complex casualty insurance coverage and litigation.

London > Insurance > Personal injury: defendant

RPC‘s general liability team is led by ‘down to earth operator‘ Gavin Reese, who splits his time between London and Bristol. Mamata Dutta is recommended for her ‘mastery of every case’. The team specialises in difficult and complex cases, often involving life-changing injuries including brain injury and amputation, and has specific sector expertise regarding industrial workplaces, new technological industries and claims from incidents on TV and film sets.

London > Employment > Health and safety

(Leading individuals)

Gavin Reese – RPC

RPC houses a regulatory focused practice which regularly handles corporate manslaughter, gross negligence and fatal accident related work. The team consists of numerous insurance experts. Practice head Gavin Reese has vast regulatory expertise, and acts in numerous notable inquiries. Standout individual in the team Mamata Dutta ‘always achieves the best results’, provides advice across the remit of health and safety matters and was promoted to partner in May 2023. Bristol-based Fiona Hahlo is well-equipped to handle high-profile work.

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