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Occupational Health Law

Work covering employers' legal obligations to prevent workplace injury and occupational disease, to carry out risk assessments and health surveillance, to manage fitness‑for‑work and absence, and to handle employee medical information. A solicitor advises on compliance with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and related regulations, drafts asbestos, exposure‑control and testing policies, designs occupational‑health surveillance and data‑handling arrangements under the Data Protection Act 2018, and prepares statutory incident reports. They liaise with occupational‑health clinicians, insurers and enforcement inspectors, represent employers in delict claims brought in the sheriff court or Court of Session, and respond to regulatory investigations and criminal proceedings prosecuted via the procurator fiscal. Matters are typically driven by medical and occupational‑hygiene evidence, the content of workplace risk assessments and duties to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010.