Peter Hampson

Peter is an experienced Business Crime and Regulatory solicitor and leads the Regulatory practice.

He has extensive experience advising clients on a myriad of regulatory and criminal matters including:

• Health & Safety prosecutions and compliance. He recently represented one of the UK’s largest courier companies in a health and safety fatality case
• Environmental prosecution and compliance work including advice on waste disposal, licences, permits and noise pollution matters
• Data Protection and GDPR compliance
• Trading Standards investigations/prosecutions, and advising in relation to consumer safety and product liability
• High-value fraud representation and anti-bribery and corruption advice
• Criminal defence representation and road traffic offence advice. Peter has vast experience in attending police station interviews for the most serious offences
• Conducting regulatory compliance due diligence in corporate transactions
• Inquest representation

As a regulatory solicitor, Peter has represented individuals and companies across a diverse range of regulatory and misconduct matters from regulators including:

• Health and Safety Executive
• Care Quality Commission
• Trading Standards
• HMRC
• Police Professional Standards Department
• Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Environment Agency
• Food Standards Agency
• Regulator of Social Housing