Laura White#12141

Laura White, LLB

Senior Associate, Pinsent Masons
Laura is a Health and Safety Regulatory Senior Associate based in London. She is an experienced criminal litigator who regularly advises large international companies across sectors in relation to both regulatory prosecutions and compliance in relation to fire safety, building safety and health and safety. Laura’s experience includes high profile cases involving serious injuries, fatalities and corporate manslaughter investigations on major infrastructure projects and includes advising Joint Ventures. Laura’s experience includes advising on emergency incident response, attending scenes of a serious or fatal incidents, attending police interviews where necessary, advising on internal investigations and managing communication across multiple parties. Laura has advised in relation to public statements when there is significant actual or potential media interest in an incident on a high profile project.

Laura currently represents and advises mainly very large companies and her background includes advising both large and small businesses across a variety of sectors including construction, care homes, hospitality and manufacturing. She is an experienced criminal litigator, Magistrates' Court advocate and public speaker.

Laura has a particular specialism in fire safety and has been a regular contributor to the industry in a monthly feature in Fire Risk Management Magazine and through delivery of fire safety and building safety presentations in various forums. Laura regularly delivers presentations for clients and industry associations.

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Fire safety offences and enforcement
Fire safety offences and enforcement
Practice Notes

This Practice Note explains the key fire safety offences in England and Wales under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, SI 2005/1541 (as amended) including key changes made under the Fire Safety Act 2021 (FSA 2021), Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, SI 2022/547 and section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022) in England and Wales. It provides an introduction to the key fire safety duties contained in this legislation and provides links to additional related resources as well as explaining how fire safety breaches are enforced, which bodies are responsible for enforcement and their powers of enforcement including information on the various notices which may be imposed. The Practice Note also provides guidance on the key fire safety offences as well as the maximum penalties which can be imposed following conviction.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2011

Experience

  • Crown Prosecution Service (2007 - 2010)
  • Sonn Macmillan Walker (2010 - 2013)
  • LHS Solicitors (2013 - 2016)

Membership

  • Law Society of England and Wales
  • Health and Safety Lawyers Association
  • Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

Qualifications

  • LLB (2006)
  • BA Hons (1999)
  • BPP, London – Legal Practice Course (2008)

Education

  • University of London (external programme) (2006)
  • University of Manchester (1999)

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