Chris Green is lead partner of the Midlands regulatory team. He
delivers practical and workable commercial solutions to companies,
public sector authorities and individuals who become embroiled in
the criminal justice system (usually, for the first time). He
guides his employer clients through the regulatory investigation
process following serious and fatal accidents in work and public
places, on road or rail.
His corporate clients come from all types of business sectors
including fire and rescue, rail, food, manufacturing, public bodies
and construction companies. He advises directors and senior
officers when they are investigated personally after such accidents
occur. He specialises exclusively in the defence of investigations
brought by the Health and Safety Executive, Police, Office of the
Rail Regulator, Local Authorities and the Environment Agency and
has particular experience in rail construction, falling trees,
explosion and fire fighter manslaughter cases. He prosecutes
offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and
started his career as a prosecutor of regulatory and trading
standards offences. He gets involved as soon as accidents occur and
assists clients to investigate incidents, attend interviews under
caution, arrest and custody, and presents their cases in criminal
and coroners courts.
The Birmingham team is ranked in the Legal 500 and he is quoted
in the Chambers Legal Directory as having a "faultless and
tireless" approach to his clients' issues. He has been described as
a "leading health and safety prosecutions lawyer". He is quoted in
the legal experts section of Tolley's Guide to Corporate
Manslaughter and has written articles for the Financial Times,
Insurance Post, Birmingham Post and Estates Gazette. He regularly
speaks to the leading practitioners' bodies such as IOSH, ROSPA,
the British Safety Council, ALARM and the Chief Fire Officers
Association.