Full Profile
Natalie is regarded as a leader in the field of regulatory law and is recognised in both the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.
She is experienced in dealing with all aspects of regulatory investigations and prosecutions instigated by a wide range of regulatory bodies including but not limited to; the Police, Health and Safety Executive, Local Authorities, Office of Rail Regulation, Office for Nuclear Regulation, Crown Premises Fire Safety Inspectorate and the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales.
As a Legal Director in Clyde & Co’s nationally recognised Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) Regulatory team, Natalie's areas of expertise include:
• Health and safety
• Corporate and gross negligence manslaughter
• Public Inquiries
• Fire safety
• Food safety
• Road traffic offences
• Coroner’s inquests
Natalie is trusted to deal with high profile and complex regulatory instructions. She is also an accomplished speaker and regularly delivers training and workshops to clients and industry bodies.
“She's exceptional. Her client handling is second to none and you get red carpet treatment. She's first rate - she's personable and a really good tactician.”
Chambers & Partners 2021
"She is really good with clients and is able to explain things in a clear and user-friendly way."
Chambers & Partners 2022
“An astute lawyer who has a comprehensive knowledge of the case."
Legal 500 2022
Experience
- Advising in the Manchester Arena Inquiry following the Manchester Arena bombing which killed 22 people, including many children.
- Advising an individual in the HSE investigation of Merlin Entertainments following the incident on the Smiler roller coaster at Alton Towers. No action was taken against her client.
- Advising in the police investigation and providing representation at the inquest to a member of staff at a Manchester city centre restaurant following the death of a student caused by an allergic reaction after a meal. No action was taken against her client.
- Advising in the police investigation and providing representation at inquest to a lift engineer following an incident at a care home in which the lift he had worked on earlier that day failed, causing fatal injuries to a resident at the care home. No action was taken against her client.
- Advising an SME in the joint police and HSE investigation and subsequent prosecution for corporate manslaughter after an employee was fatally injured in an automated robot machine.
- Advising a large food manufacturer in a prosecution involving a salmonella outbreak alleged to have caused harm to hundreds of members of the public.
- Advising a registered manager of a residential home for boys who was prosecuted for health and safety offences after one of the boys committed suicide. Her client was acquitted.
- Advising a local authority in a complex Article 2 inquest following the death of a school boy following an asthma attack.
- Representing two custody assistants in a complex Article 2 inquest following the death of a detainee in the custody suite.
- Being the trusted advisor to a large national Construction Company on all SHE matters.
