Major incident response management - the dos and don’ts

Event Overview
We all know of the Hillsborough, Buncefield and Alton Towers; but “major incident” means different things to different people.
What about the smaller operations who have a death in their store, or one of their drivers is involved in a fatal road traffic collision or a scaffolding collapse injuring members of the public?
This session will walk through the aftermath of a major incident or crisis, offering practical tips and do’s and don’ts to protect the organisation’s position in law, whilst understanding and engaging with the various stakeholders that became involved in the wake of a major incident.

Learning objectives
By the end of the session the delegate will be able to:
1. The “Golden Hour” – understand and navigate your way through it
2. Identify the stakeholders that are/will become involved post incident – how to engage with them
3. Prepare for the unthinkable – the crisis management policy
4. Review practical strategies to build in the legal protection that may be available
5. Prevent a recurrence - learning from what has happened

Speaker profile
Dewi is an Associate solicitor with Weightmans’ regulatory law team in Liverpool and has over 10 years’ experience in the field. The main thrust of his practice is protecting clients from regulatory attention and defending health & safety prosecutions of organisations and individuals by the police, HSE, local and national authorities.
Nationally recognised as a specialist health & safety / corporate manslaughter lawyer, Dewi is passionate about occupational safety, identifying trends and lessons learnt and assisting organisational and behavioural change.
He is an Executive Committee Member of the National Health and Safety Lawyers’ Association and has been highlighted in the Chambers & Partners legal directory for the past 4 years.