Dewi Ap-Thomas

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A well-respected and experienced health & safety lawyer, Dewi has been ranked for a number of years in Chambers and Legal 500 and his reputation with peers and clients continues to grow. He specialises in work in the criminal and coronial jurisdictions. His main focus is assisting organisations in post-death investigations, managing regulatory enforcement action and representing clients at inquests. He has represented clients at hundreds of inquests around the country, involving the most sensitive of cases, workplace deaths and Article 2 hearings in front of juries.

After qualifying, Dewi quickly found himself at home dealing largely with insurer/insured public sector clients. He is dedicated to working within the criminal, regulatory and coronial jurisdictions. Dewi advises a wide range of clients in investigating serious incidents and representing them at inquests, as well as assisting with risk management and behavioural change.

His areas of specialty include:

• Working with organisations to understand their Corporate Risk Profile, to improve culture and behaviours and make the workplace safer.

• Crisis Management Support (24/7) - advice and representation in the wake of incidents.

• Assisting organisations with legally privileged incident investigations to protect their position, learn lessons and make any necessary changes.

• Preparing clients who may be exposed to Regulatory or Coronial investigations/inquests/enforcement action.

• Defence of Health & Safety and Corporate Manslaughter prosecutions.

• Inquests as a result of workplace fatalities & road traffic incidents.