England - North West • Crime, fraud and licensing

Keoghs LLP

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The crime and regulatory team at Keoghs LLP is particularly well-known for its high-profile defence and serious regulatory breaches work across an array of service sectors, both on an advisory and contentious basis. The group is often instructed to handle motor offences with a civil fraud angle, as well as prosecutions for corporate and gross negligence manslaughter, health and safety mandates, environmental offences, and care sector-related investigations. The group also boasts an established counter fraud department, which covers the entire spectrum of work, including international matters. In Manchester, Tom Stevenson leads the practice alongside David Rainey, who joined from Clyde & Co in December 2022, while Damian Ward and Ruth Needham co-head the team in Bolton.

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  • ‘Keoghs has a team of skilled experts with real experience in so many different types of crime and regulatory matters. Their unique selling point to us is acting as more than simply a lawyer providing legal commentary or advice.'

  • 'They get to know the client, acting not only as a trusted adviser, but also supporting sensitively complex situations and emotions.'

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Key clients

  • LV
  • Aviva

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Work highlights

  • Represented a transport manager who was prosecuted for two counts of gross negligence manslaughter and an offence under Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 following the death of two colleagues in December 2016 at an animal feed farm.
  • Represented a client who, in the course of his employment, was driving a vehicle which shed a load of timbers which impacted a vehicle driving in the opposing carriageway, causing the death of the driver.

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