Dale Collins > Browne Jacobson LLP > Exeter, England > Lawyer Profile
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Dale Collins
Work Department
Insurance and public risk
Position
Dale is a partner specialising in regulatory crime, particularly health and safety, environmental and food safety breaches. He is a solicitor advocate, holding his Higher Rights qualification, and has been a criminal advocate for over 25 years, appearing before Magistrates’ and Crown Courts and other tribunals.
Dale, as a recognised leader in health and safety, was for over 10 years a prosecutor advocate for the Health and Safety Executive, representing it in many of its largest cases and was their chosen advocate for quarry related investigations. He now devotes all of his time to assisting and representing multi-national businesses and SMEs in relation to regulatory investigations and prosecutions.
He is regularly instructed in fatal accident matters assisting throughout the investigation and representing the organisation at the inquest and court hearings.
He holds an MA in Environmental Law and is instructed regionally by manufacturing and farming businesses regarding environmental breaches and pollution incidents.
His vast experience leads to him being invited to speak at national conferences where he speaks on various health and safety topics and the practical effects of a regulatory investigation and prosecution.
Career
- Bond Dickinson LLP 2007-2014
- Osborne Clarke LLP 2001-2007
- Eversheds LLP 1999-2001
- Bristol City Council 1989-1999
- Brain Sinnott & Co 1984-1989
Memberships
- Solicitors’ Association of Higher Court Advocates
- Health and Safety Lawyers Association
Education
- MA Environmental Law 1995
- Solicitor – admitted September 1986
- LSF – 1984
- BA (Hons) – 1983
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Employment > Health and safety
With a client base spanning both the private and public sectors, Browne Jacobson LLP is well placed to handle the gamut of issues stemming from fatal and non-fatal accidents, as well as advising on health and safety matters arising from food handling, environmental factors, and road traffic work. ‘Ultimate leader‘ Andrew Hopkin oversees the national practice from the Nottingham office, while ‘in the South West the flag is carried to excellent effect‘ by Exeter-based Dale Collins and Nigel Lyons. Solicitor-advocate Collins brings 10 years’ experience as a prosecutor for HSE to the team, and Lyons leverages his criminal law background to act in contentious regulatory mandates.
South West > Public sector > Local government
A recent focus on local authority insurance claims and housing repair claims at Browne Jacobson LLP complements a broad public sector offering which includes PFI work, regeneration projects and a national ombudsman practice. Social care expert Joanne Pruden leads the team from Exeter; she has specific expertise in sex abuse, bullying and harassment claims. Longstanding criminal advocate Dale Collins is well versed in health and safety, environmental and food safety breaches.