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Albion Chambers is well-established in supporting a diverse range of clients across various matters, with a growing focus on food safety cases. A recognised expert in regulatory crime, Alan Fuller has extensive experience of handling health and safety issues and trading standards investigations. He is currently serving as leading counsel for the HSE in R (HSE) v Kepak Group Ltd., a case involving an industrial accident in which a worker’s arm was amputated while cleaning the factory, raising significant concerns regarding factory safety. David Sapiecha successfully prosecuted on behalf of HSE in R v A&P Ltd and Zurich Management Ltd., where a jib crane fell to the ground and struck an RFA ship, after the luffing wires failed due to corrosion and lack of maintenance.
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David joined Albion Chambers in February 2018. He is greatly experienced in Crime, Regulatory and Disciplinary Proceedings. David is on the A list panel of prosecutors for Health and Safety. He is a grade 4 CPS prosecutor. David prosecutes and defends serious and complex cases, especially fraud. He is a CPS panel advocate level 4 prosecutor and on the CPS Rape and Serious Crime Group Panels. Over the last 20 years David has been frequently instructed to advise and appear in regulatory cases. An illustrative list includes: Police misconduct, Health and safety (including fatalities), Trading Standards, Firearms appeals
Planning breaches, Animal welfare, Fire safety, Advising on legal professional privilege, David is on the A list panel of prosecutors for Health and Safety. David's clients include police constabularies, The Fire and Prison Services, and individual officers as well as drivers, etc. David is well-versed in Article 2 (European Convention on Human Rights) cases. David deals with many types of misconduct proceedings, either at first instance or by appeals, tribunals and judicial review.
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Called 1990; Legally Qualified Chair of Police Misconduct Proceedings
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LLB (Hons)
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