Douglas Scott

Barrister, 6 Pump Court

Doug is a regulatory barrister with particular interest in Environmental, Health & Safety, Food and Planning. He also has significant Crime experience too which compliments his other areas of practice. Doug’s recent work in these areas include:

• Advising a client on whether to pursue a claim against the Environment Agency for failing to comply with The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015.

• Advising an investment fund on the risks under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Defective Premises Act 1972 regarding a potential unsafe building.

• Junior counsel in a recent animal feed Judicial Review – R (Fold Hill Foods Ltd) v Food Standards Agency [2023] EWHC 2271 (Admin).

• Successfully representing a Local Authority in its resistance of a planning appeal that sought permission to construct an 80-bed dementia care home.

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Directors’ duties for health and safety

Practice notes

This Practice Note explains the duties imposed on directors in relation to health and safety law in the UK and the health and safety offences which can be committed by directors and leaders of organisations in their personal capacity under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HWSA 1974). The Practice Note explains the meaning of consent, connivance or neglect under HSWA 1974, s 37. It explains how the general duties under the Companies Act 2006 apply in relation to health and safety, the guidance on leading health and safety contained in Leading Health and Safety at Work: Leadership Actions for Directors and Board Members (INDG417), and how compliance with health and safety law by Boards of Directors can be demonstrated in practice.

Corporate Crime