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
Browne Jacobson LLP covers a wide array of health and safety matters, ranging from due diligence on corporate transactions to complex investigations relating to corporate manslaughter and fatal incidents. The practice acts on the side of both public and private sector clients, including those active in healthcare, education, and agriculture. Andrew Hopkin leads the firm’s national offering from Nottingham; key contacts in the South West are Dale Collins who is adept at handling regulatory investigations, and Nigel Lyons whose practice centres around criminal law.
South West > Public sector > Local government
Browne Jacobson LLP‘s public sector team has seen a stream of work relating social care issues, inquests, and mental health and human rights mandates. The team also assists numerous councils with housing obligations and disrepairs claims. Joanne Pruden leads the team from Exeter, and is highlighted for her litigation expertise along with her experience advising on social care claims, including sexual abuse and Mental Health Act issues. With a focus on regulatory crime mandates, Dale Collins is another key name, as is health and social care expert Mark Barnett, who focuses on clinical negligence matters.