Charles Parry is an experienced criminal, administrative, and appeal court practitioner.  He prosecutes and defends equally.  His specialism is regulatory crime and associated areas of work.  He regulary conducts  regulatory criminal litigation including H&S at work, (asbestos, construction, electricity, explosives, gas, heavy plant); environmental (waste, noise, pesticides); countryside (agricultural regulations, gun licenses, and rights of common); animal litigation (pedigree livestock, horses, and welfare); immigration (work permits) and related work in the civil courts, inquests, employment tribunals and disciplinary hearings (police, and financial regulation).

His recent cases include;

Prosecuting counsel in HSE v BT plc and SSE plc (indictable H&S offences arising from a fatal accident involving a breaking pole with engineer aloft).

Prosecuting counsel in R v Reliance Scrap Metal Merchants and the directors (Corporate Manslaughter and H&S offences involving a fatality from an exploding gas cylinder).

Defence Counsel for Nelson Group Services Ltd in the case which re-evaluated the concept of ‘reasonable practicability’.

He is happy to advise at an early stage of a dispute to promote resolution and/or assist in case preparation.

Member of the Western Circuit

Criminal Bar Association

Health and Safety Lawyers Association

Accredited Mediator

LLB (Hons), Kings College, London 1971
Called to the Bar 1973 (Middle Temple)
Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 1994

R v Shepherd (MB) 86 Cr App R 1987 [Duress, beyond cases of violence]

R v Firetto 1991 Crim L R [Perverting the Course of Justice]

R v Lemmon 12 CR App S 1991 Crim L R [Drug trafficking Confiscation Order]

Health and Safety Executive v Nelsons Group Services (Maintenance) Ltd 1998, 4 AER 331, Court of Appeal [Employer’s liability for the purposes of reasonable practicability when the fault is that of the employee]

Regina v Crown Court at Swindon, ex parte Crown Prosecution Service (Squire joined) DC 2000 [Review of legality of crown court judge’s sentence]

The Verderers of the New Forest v Barnes and others, Administrative Court December 2003 [Magistrates’ jurisdiction over the New Forest]

The Verderers of the New Forest v Barnes and others, Administrative Court December 2004 [Time for issuing a summons, whether an allegation amounts to a continuing offence]

Charles Parry is described in Chambers 2010, Leaders at the Bar, within the Health and Safety Law entry as ‘highly recommended for cases involving technical issues and is especially renowned for his esoteric understanding of complex scientific matters’. According to solicitors, ‘he really gets stuck into each case that he deals with, and will rally a team of lawyers and clients well’. Chambers names him as one of nine leading juniors in this field outside London.

Family with three children,

Bar Council [1992-2002],

English history, conservation in the countryside,

riding, rowing, running, and oak framed

buildings.