Lynne Gray#1824

Lynne Gray

Partner, Burness Paull
Lynne is head of Burness Paull’s health & safety and corporate crime team. She advises major corporate clients responding to incidents, facing investigation or prosecution from authorities, including Police Scotland, the Health and Safety Executive, SEPA, the Offshore Major Accident Regulator and OPRED. 

Lynne has considerable experience of regulatory investigations and enforcement specialising in cases involving crisis management, fatalities and major health, safety and environmental incidents. She has a particular expertise in complex energy cases and casualty cases, being involved in several high-profile investigations and legal proceedings in the last ten years, including onshore and offshore helicopter accidents. Lynne is skilled in managing and supporting clients through all aspects of an incident, through lengthy and complex technical investigations to final resolutions.

Lynne also provides advice and guidance to board members, employers, and individuals with management responsibilities for compliance with regulatory duties. She is experienced in instructing and managing investigations under legal privilege including liaising with regulators to secure best outcomes for clients. She also supports with developing and implementing compliance programmes.

She is responsible for developing our unique training packages and regularly delivers bespoke compliance and leadership training for clients as well as speaking at industry events.
Contributed to

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Enforcement and prosecution of product safety offences in Scotland
Enforcement and prosecution of product safety offences in Scotland
Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides guidance on the enforcement in Scotland of obligations imposed under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 and breaches of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005. It covers the generic set of enforcement powers contained within the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and prosecution of offences in Scotland.

Health and safety in the oil and gas sector: The regulators
Health and safety in the oil and gas sector: The regulators
Practice Notes

This Practice Note considers the four regulators responsible for enforcing health and safety law in the offshore oil and gas sector, namely the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), the Offshore Safety Directive Regulator (OSDR) and the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA).

Health and safety in the oil and gas sector—Environmental Impact Assessments and Environmental Permits
Health and safety in the oil and gas sector—Environmental Impact Assessments and Environmental Permits
Practice Notes

This Practice Note considers the environmental protection regime that applies to environmental damage (including emissions) as a result of extraction or processing of oil and gas offshore.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 1996

Experience

  • Burness Paull LLP (2011 - Present)
  • Dundas and Wilson (1994 - 2011)

Membership

  • HSLA
  • UKELA
  • Fraud Advisory Panel

Qualifications

  • LLB (Hons) (1993)
  • Diploma in Legal Practice (1994)

Education

  • University of Aberdeen (1993, 1994)

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