Elliott Kenton
Partner
- Phone:
- +44 (0)20 7227 6643
- Email:
- elliott.kenton@weightmans.com
- Office:
- London
Elliott specialises in criminal and regulatory matters, including health and safety, business crime and transport regulatory matters.
Elliott leads the Weightmans internal investigations practice. He has expertise in conducting large and complex legally privileged internal investigations for corporates across all sectors where they have discovered wrongdoing in their business, or where they have been the victim of crime for the purpose of reporting criminality to the relevant authorities or in the pursuance of a private prosecution.
A key part of Elliott’s practice relates to health and safety. He regularly advises companies relating to their health and safety obligations, provides incident response advice and undertakes internal investigations following a health and safety incident. He has acted for clients across all sectors subject to health and safety investigation/enforcement including prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local authorities.
In business crime, Elliott has represented corporates and individuals who are subject to external investigation and prosecution for fraud, bribery, money laundering and tax evasion. Elliott has also acted for organisations subject to voluntary or compulsory information requests from law enforcement or specialist investigative agencies (i.e. HMRC, NCA, SFO).
One of Elliott’s sector specialisms relates to transportation. Elliott has advised and represented a number of large road transport operators at Public Inquiry before the Traffic Commissioners in relation to concerns with their operations and on appeal to the Upper (Transport) Tribunal.
Elliott has been ranked in Legal 500 for Health and Safety, Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime (Advice to Corporates) and Fraud: White-Crime (Advice to Individuals). He is also ranked in Chambers and Partners for Transport: Road Regulatory.
Elliott also has expertise in other areas of regulatory law, including sporting regulation and professional discipline, and sits for a number of regulatory panels for the Football Association and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
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Elliott Kenton has extremely deep knowledge of the health and safety review and investigation process. He possesses outstanding knowledge of HSE investigation, review, and prosecution approaches, as well as how to best manage risk and exposure.
Legal 500, 2027 -
Elliott Kenton heads the team. He is strong, robust, and instills confidence in all those that he represents. His knowledge is impressive in this area, and he is able to identify the killer points for his clients.
Legal 500, 2027 -
Elliott Kenton leads a team of highly talented health and safety professionals. The team was required to review and consider some potential health and safety issues that could have a significant reputational and financial impact on the organization. Elliott and the team led us through a detailed and thorough review process under legal privilege, engaging with and leading other professional organizations to provide pragmatic advice and recommendations.
Legal 500, 2027 -
Elliott Kenton is impressive in his role.
Legal 500, 2026 -
Elliot Kenton is the go to for HSE investigations. Very good, reactive and proactive and clear on advice. Very reassuring in difficult times.
Legal 500, 2026 -
He is very client-focused and pragmatic about what is in the client's best interest.
Chambers and Partners 2025
