Gary Rubin
Blackfords LLP
Blackfords LLP
Client Satisfaction‘Real star in the sector’ Gary Rubin has significant expertise in HSE investigation matters, as well as those involving gross negligence and corporate manslaughter elements, and leads the practice at Blackfords LLP. The team represents individual defendants, as well as company defendants, facing prosecution following often fatal accidents in the workplace. Matters are often high-profile and span the range of industry sectors, with the healthcare and rail sectors being key focus areas. Further names to note in the team include Trevor Francis and Gary Bloxsome.
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‘The team's USP is their experience in proper criminal matters balanced against their wide experience in regulatory law. They bring a unique approach that is extremely helpful in some cases requiring a heavy hand. Also very good with individual clients.’
‘Gary Rubin is stand out. If I was in trouble, I would want Gary on my side! He is hugely experienced, totally committed to his clients and his team, and delivers result after result. On top of being a great lawyer, he is very likeable, well-connected, and an all-round good person. He gets the results, and only a fool would underestimate him.’
‘Gary Rubin's knowledge of health and safety legislation is exquisite. His criminal background only supplements the range of services that he can offer to his clients. He is an excellent practitioner who carries out his work with a high degree of care and skill. He is definitely a person to have on your side in a crisis.’
‘Gary Rubin has over 20 years' experience in this area of law and is a real star in the sector. He is a superb tactician with a razor sharp mind. He is excellent with both corporate and individual clients. Gary Bloxsome, who is well-known for his fraud work, brings his unique expertise to representing clients in this area.’
‘Their criminal background means they are experienced in the cut and thrust of the criminal courts, which serves them and clients well in health and safety cases. They fight for their clients and know where and when to punch!’
‘There is nothing Gary Rubin doesn't know about health and safety law. He combines that knowledge with excellent strategic thinking and compassion. Clients love him.’
‘Gary Rubin is an undisputed champion of rail-related health and safety cases.’
‘Gary Rubin is an oracle in the health and safety world and is hugely respected by his peers. He knows how to defend and is strategically brilliant. Known for his high-profile work, there are few others that do what he does. ’
Work highlights
- Acted for the defendant in the Croydon tram crash who was prosecuted for health and safety offences and was unanimously acquitted in June 2023.
- Represented an individual prosecuted following the death of a construction worker in a fall from height in 2016; the client was acquitted after a 7-day trial in 2023.
- Acted in relation to the Inquest into the death of a cable jointer who was electrocuted whilst at work.
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Gary Rubin