Bio
Megan is a Regulatory Solicitor.
Megan advises across a broad spectrum of issues including health and safety law, environmental law, healthcare, nuisance and data protection matters (including freedom of information (FOI), subject access requests (SAR), and environmental information regulation (EIR) requests (particularly in relation to the ICO)).
Megan defends organisations and individuals against regulators from the investigation stage through to prosecution and trial. She has expertise in dealing with accidents that have resulted in death and serious injury, particularly involving working at height, exposure to hazardous substances including asbestos, machinery guarding and moving machinery in a vast range of industries. She has represented clients in challenging fee for intervention (FFI) invoices.
Megan is regularly instructed by clients to undertake, assist with and advise on investigations. As part of a company investigation, Megan has been instructed to interview and take statements from relevant witnesses and prepare written submissions under caution in lieu of attendance of PACE interviews. This has been in relation to Environment Agency (EA), Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Forestry Commission matters. Megan regularly represents clients’ interests in front of enforcement and regulatory authorities.
Megan also provides proactive and reactive advice to businesses such as nursing homes and care homes who are regulated by the Care Quality Commission. Megan also has experience in supporting clients at inquests.
Proactive and reactive advice can apply to any regulated businesses, and Megan has particular expertise in proactively supporting waste sites in managing their relationships with the EA. Megan also often advises clients in relation to compliance with their environmental permits, including revocation, suspension and various other enforcement action and notices.
Examples of Megan’s work include:
- Representing a business being prosecuted for a health and safety offence involving a fatality.
- Advising a client individual who was under investigation of a health and safety offence following an accident on a construction site which resulted in a double amputation.