England - North West • Employment
DWF
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The market-leading Manchester-based health and safety practice at DWF acts for a range of clients including insurers, public bodies and large corporates. The firm has expertise across multiple sectors such as retail, transport, education, healthcare, construction and manufacturing. Vikki Woodfine is experienced in corporate manslaughter cases and co-heads the team with regulatory and compliance expert Steffan Groch. Other co-head Simon Belfield handles matters relating to public inquiries with support from Amanda Lea. Gary Smith provides advice on compliance and risk management while Joanne Witheford defends company directors and senior management from claims. In March 2023, Neena Sharma joined from Keoghs LLP.
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‘Wealth of knowledge, tenacity, client service, quality of their people.’
‘Vikki Woodfine is an outstanding partner - she is extremely knowledgeable, very approachable and fights for her clients with tenacity.’
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Key clients
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA)
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Work highlights
- Advised the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in relation to the Public Inquiry and Metropolitan Police criminal investigation arising from the Grenfell Tower fire.
- Secured the acquittal of an individual charged with the Gross Negligence Manslaughter of his son following a 3.5 years Police investigation and 3-week trial.
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