Labour and employment: workplace health and safety (WHS)

Ashurst

Ashurst‘s workplace health and safety practice houses a ’very strong team‘, which is well known for representing a wide range of major domestic and international corporations and businesses in high-profile health and safety prosecutions. Team head Lea Constantine is well known for handling investigations, inquests and inquiries, while Perth-based Julia Sutherland is very experienced in advising public sector entities on workplace fatalities. In Brisbane, James Hall regularly acts for state and local government entities. Stephen Woodbury, Scarlet Reid, Ian Humphreys and Jacqui Brinckmann are key practitioners to note.

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Testimonials

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‘Scarlet Reid and Jacqui Brinckmann are highly experienced workplace health and safety practitioners. The practice is unique due to the intimate knowledge of the laws that govern workplace safety, regulatory issues and being able to provide practical solutions for issues.’
‘Scarlet Reid and Jacqui Brinckmann are a true team. They are both highly knowledgeable and available. Their depth of knowledge and understanding of our business, with our legal issues or compliance focus, truly assists us.'
‘The team's strength is going above and beyond to help the client address the concerns that they are facing. They are ultra reliable, approachable and knowledgeable.’
‘Ashurst has a very strong team with exceptional leadership. The partners provide support for all members which has created an environment that fosters collaboration and excellence. All members of the team are skilled in health and safety law.’

Key clients

NSW Government
Woolworths Group Limited
AGL Energy Limited
Qantas Airways Limited
Commonwealth Government
Queensland Government
Boral
University of NSW
Lendlease
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Work highlights

Advising AGL Energy Limited on a regulatory matter.
Representing NSW Health in two prosecutions brought by SafeWork NSW against Western Sydney Local Health District.

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