Health & Safety Defence for Businesses and Directors
If your business or organisation is facing an HSE investigation, enforcement action or prosecution, the right specialist advice is critical to protecting your position.
Are you in the right place?
Businesses and employers
Facing HSE investigation, enforcement action or prosecution following a workplace incident or regulatory complaint.
Directors and senior managers
At risk of personal liability, individual prosecution or disqualification arising from health and safety failures.
Organisations under enforcement
Responding to improvement notices, prohibition notices, investigations or criminal prosecution proceedings.
The consequences of getting this wrong:
Financial
Unlimited fines, significant legal costs and long-term financial consequences hurt your bottom line.
Personal
Directors and individuals can face prosecution, disqualification and even imprisonment.
Reputational
Public scrutiny, press coverage and lasting damage to your professional or commercial reputation.
Situations I regularly advise on:
Workplace fatality or serious injury
HSE investigation or interview under caution
Improvement or prohibition notices
Regulatory enforcement action
Prosecution proceedings
How I support businesses and directors:
Case strategy and early advice
Protecting your position from the outset.
Representation at interview under caution
Expert guidance every step of the way.
Written submissions and correspondence
Clear, persuasive regulatory communications.
Defence and advocacy
Full court representation through to resolution.
The Directors’ Survival Guide to Section 37
Reducing penalties and protecting reputation in safety prosecutions. A free, practical guide co-written by Tanveer Qureshi, barrister, and Michael Appleby, solicitor.
Inside: what investigators scrutinise, recurring patterns from recent cases, your first 72 hours response plan and the director’s checklist for 2026.
Instruct me directly, no solicitor needed
In suitable health and safety matters you can instruct me directly through direct access, giving you faster, clearer and more cost-effective specialist advice without going through a solicitor first.
What clients say
“Tanveer is a highly knowledgeable and professional barrister.”
— Sid
“This was a difficult period in my life. He gave me good advice on all levels.”
— Free
“He made a complex legal matter feel manageable.”
— Sam
Three steps to getting advice:
Tell me about your situation
Share case details in confidence, including any investigation, allegation or regulatory matters.
Case review and strategy
I assess the facts, identify the key risks and provide clear advice on the strongest way forward.
Move forward with clarity
Receive a practical action plan and ongoing support designed to protect your position and interests.
Request a confidential consultation
Share a few details about your matter in confidence. I’ll review it personally and come back to you, usually within one working day.
All enquiries are treated in the strictest confidence.