Public and Regulatory Matters

Businesses are impacted by ever-increasing regulation and compliance requirements. Finding your way through these rules can be a huge challenge, and there can be serious financial or reputational consequences if you make a mistake. Whatever the size of your organisation, we can look after your needs.

Support on investigations and inquiries

We represent clients across the full range of public and regulatory matters. This includes corporate defence on a wide range of issues, including investigations by the:

• Health and Safety Executive
• Food Standards Agency
• Rural Payment Agency
• DVLA
• HMRC
• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills  
• Trading  Standards 
• Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
• Police Scotland’s Economic Crime Unit.

We work on a wide range of public or regulatory matters:

• investigations under the Enterprise Act 2002, the Bribery Act 2010 and the Companies Acts
• access rights and obligations under the Outdoor Access Code
• discrimination and equality claims
• rural payments and cross compliance
• animal identification and registration
• Wildlife and Countryside Act
• director disqualifications
• professional misconduct investigations
• health and safety prosecutions and fatal accident inquiries
• assisting on policy and governance matters, statutory interpretation and raising or defending  legal challenges – including  judicial review cases, statutory appeals and professional disciplinary cases
• assisting with public inquiries
• data protection matters and the new GDPR
• advice in respect of self-reporting to regulators or the Crown Office.

From court proceedings to press complaints

From interviews to court hearings, when there is police or regulatory involvement, we are able to support and protect you, while liaising with investigators and prosecutors, ensuring that you receive the best advice at every stage. 

We can also support your reputational management, helping you to develop smart legal strategies in times of crisis, including pursuing privacy rights, complaints to the Independent Press Standards Organisation or defamation actions.