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Richard Lissack QC



Ambassador for Action Aid

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Regulation & Enforcement
Case/Court Solicitors Type of Case/Comment
Buncefield Oil Refinery Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Commercial claims and investigation arising out of explosion
Re Nimrod Review Barlow Lyde and Gilbert Issues arising out of loss of Nimrod aircraft in Afganistan
Re x plc Financial Services Authority Insider dealing investigation
R v Rimmington Barlow Lyde and Gilbert Insider dealing prosecution
Re an issue under PoCA Financial Services Authority Generic Advice
Chargot Limited and HSE
House of Lords
Halliwells/Keoghs Section 3/37 test case
Costain Limited
Court of Appeal
Clyde and Co Section 3 test case
R v Southampton University NHS Trust
Court of Appeal
Clyde and Co/Weightmans Health and Safety Prosecution
Appealed successfully
R v Tulip Group plc
Court of Appeal
Beachcroft LLP Health and Safety prosecution
Appealed successfully
R v Balfour Beatty Infrastructure
Court of Appeal
CPS Health and Safety Prosecution
Appealed successfully
R v Connolly (Tebay Rail Incident)
Court of Appeal
Berrymans Lace Mawer Manslaughter by gross negligence/H&S
Appeal allowed
R v Cotswold Geotech Pinsent Masons First Prosecution under the Corporate Manslaughter Act
R v Stoddart
(Lyme Bay Canoe Tragedy)
Ensor Byfield Manslaughter by gross negligence
Defended successfully
R v Ayres O'Connor Guideday Ltd
(Pescado)
Whiteford Crocker Manslaughter by gross negligence
Defended successfully
R v Jessey (Lone Signature) Mitchell Dodds Brown Manslaughter by gross negligence
Defended successfully
R v Connolly
Tebay Rail Incident
Berrymans Lace Mawer Manslaughter by gross negligence/H&S
Appeal allowed
R v Todd (Death on Mount Everest) Saunders LLP Manslaughter by gross negligence
Defended successfully
re Imco Plastics Ltd Beachcroft LLP Manslaughter by gross negligence
Defended successfully
R v Naturediet and others
CCC
Morgan Cole Manslaughter by gross negligence and H&S
Defended successfully
Re Cook and others Court Martial John Mackenzie Manslaughter by British troops in Iraq
Defended successfully
Re Norton
Court Martial
Bobetts Mackan Manslaughter by Gross Negligence
Defended successfully
Re Barrow Borough Council Greenwoods Manslaughter by Gross Negligence
Trial 2006 (returned)
Re Gatcombe Park Horse Trials Osborne Clarke Health and Safety prosecution
Defended successfully
Re BAE Land Systems Bond Pearce health and Safety explosives prosecution
Re Reading Festivals Freeth Cartwright Health and Safety prosecution
Re Royal Ordinance Osborne Clarke Health and Safety explosives case
Defended successfully
R v Tonbridge and West Malling BC Maclay Murray Spens Health and Safety prosecution
Re X plc Denton Wilde Sapte Proceeds of Crime Act issue
Maxwell SFO Pension Fraud
Operation Holbein SFO Multi-million pound generic drug case
A-G Reference Attorney General Corporate liability in Crime
re Hatfield Train Crash CPS Casework Directorate Manslaughter by gross negligence/H&S
re Potters Bar Train Crash CPS Casework Directorate Manslaughter by gross negligence/H&S
re Ladbroke Grove Train Crash CPS Casework Directorate Manslaughter by gross negligence/H&S
R v Litchfield (Maria Asumpta) CPS appointed by Attorney General
R v Great Western Trains Ltd (Southall Rail Crash) CPS Casework Directorate Manslaughter by gross negligence
Seminal case on corporate liability