Principles and standards for enforcement lawyers

How HSE makes decisions about prosecutions, and what processes we have in place to ensure fairness and consistency.

Applies to:
England and Wales
Published:
May 2025
Last updated:
May 2025

Documents

Principles and standards for enforcement lawyers

Reference
Version 1
Type and file size
PDF, 367KB

Details

This document sets out what principles and standards our legal teams work to, how we make decisions about prosecutions, and what processes we have in place. This ensures that evidence is reviewed independently, and our decisions are consistent and fair.

The document includes:

  • general principles
  • briefing principles
  • casework quality standards

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Updated:2023-03-16