Rob Elvin is a partner and the European Head of the Environmental, Safety and Health Group.

His particular expertise covers health, safety and environment (including nuisance, noise abatement, pollution, permit appeals and environmental warranty and civil claims), judicial review, Corporate Defence (including bribery and corruption, OFT investigations and corporate manslaughter), inquest law, food hygiene and safety, transport law, including public inquiries in front of traffic commissioners, product safety, liability and recall and he is a solicitor-advocate. Rob also lectures on issues such as corporate manslaughter, product safety and defending all manner of regulatory prosecutions.

Rob has particular sector expertise in the nuclear, gas and electricity generation and distribution, wind energy, chemicals, engineering and construction industries.

Rob is listed in the most recent publication of the Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom.

Publications

Corporate Liability: Work Related Deaths and Criminal Prosecution; Forlin, Appleby et al, 2003 and 2010

Corporate Manslaughter and How to Handle a Regulatory Investigation Following a Serious Injury or Death; Hazards XIX; IChemE UK, Lewis GJ, Maharaj R, Elvin RJ, 2002

Quotes

• Observers continue to sing the praises of department head Rob Elvin. The "tough, pragmatic and efficient" Manchester-based partner "really knows his stuff," and has forged a reputation as a top corporate defence practitioner. Chambers UK 2009.
• Rob Elvin “is very good with witnesses due to his breadth of experience with industrial clients”, The Legal 500 UK 2010.
• "Rob Elvin is praised for his 'commercial understanding'" for Health & Safety in The Legal 500 UK 2008.
• Rob Elvin has “supreme knowledge of the other side and the way they think, making him one of the very best”, Chambers UK 2010.
• The “fantastic” Rob Elvin heads the firm’s safety, health and environment group. Chambers UK 2008.
• Rob is listed in the 2012 edition of Chambers and Partners’ Chambers UK as a leading individual for health and safety law.
• Rob is listed in the 2011 edition of The Legal 500 UK.

Representative Experience

• Advising Company Directors in PACE interviews for manslaughter.
• Advising UK car manufacturer on product recall.
• Advising power generation companies during HSE fatal accident investigations and subsequent prosecutions.
• Representing one of the world's largest chemical companies in HSE prosecution following fatal chemical leak.
• Advising PLC Boards on the handling of regulatory investigations, interviews under compulsion and under caution.
• Advising European can manufacturer on corporate manslaughter.
• Advising various companies in relation to anti-corruption programmes and the Bribery Act 2010.
• Advising large UK/European waste company on the structuring of its transport function and how ‘O’ licences are held.
• Advising US and UK lithium producer on waste law and COMAH.
• Representing construction company at fatal accident inquests.
• Representing Energy from waste incinerator company in judicial review of the EA following revocation of the PRM accreditation.
• Representing clients in environmental actions brought against parties liable under contaminated land regime and or warranties given in transactions