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Paul Burnley

National head of corporate defence and regulatory. Represents and advises companies and/or their boards of directors in high-profile criminal investigations, inquests or any other regulatory enforcement matters. Jarvis plc – Potters Bar tragedy; Dupont – Ladbroke Grove disaster; British Airways in the Jimmy Mubenga Inquest; NATS in the Central London helicopter crash. · Freeths LLP

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National head of corporate defence and regulatory at Freeths LLP, representing and advising companies and their boards in high-profile criminal investigations, inquests and regulatory enforcement matters. Notable matters include Jarvis plc (Potters Bar tragedy), Dupont (Ladbroke Grove disaster), British Airways (Jimmy Mubenga Inquest) and NATS (Central London helicopter crash); trained at a County Authority, qualified in 1981, was a partner at Eversheds and DLA Piper and joined Freeths as a partner in 2013, and is a member of the UK Health & Safety Association.

Practice areas

LitigationRegulatoryCorporate Crime / InvestigationsInquestsHealth & Safety

Office

England

Freeths LLP · National head of corporate defence and regulatory. Represents and advises companies and/or their boards of directors in high-profile criminal investigations, inquests or any other regulatory enforcement matters. Jarvis plc – Potters Bar tragedy; Dupont – Ladbroke Grove disaster; British Airways in the Jimmy Mubenga Inquest; NATS in the Central London helicopter crash.

England

Expertise

Rail accidentsAviation incidentsBoard-level representationHealth & Safety enforcement

Education

  • University of Kent (1978 BA (Hons) Law)

Admissions

  • Qualified 1981