Overview

Marisa is an associate in the firm’s Dispute Resolution team. She advises on a broad range of health and safety matters and supports clients with crisis management.

Marisa advises on incident response, regulatory investigations, internal investigations, enforcement action (from warnings through to notices and prosecutions) and coronial proceedings.

She has particular experience in dealing with sensitive and high-profile incidents.

Alongside her health and safety practice, Marisa has also handled a range of complex commercial disputes with a specialism in the transport sector.

Experience
  • Advising on a multi-fatality incident in the transport sector, including acting on the 10 week ‘super inquest’ and prosecution.
  • Advising a transport operator in their role as interested person at a high-profile inquest.
  • Providing incident response to an energy sector client following a multi-fatality incident.
  • Advising a waste sector client in their role as an interested person at inquest following a work-related death.
  • Acting for various transport sector clients in relation to prosecutions by the Office of Rail and Road for alleged breaches of health and safety law.
  • Advising a client in relation to the appeal of an Improvement Notice.
  • Advising an accountancy practice in preparation for and in response to regulator requests.
  • Providing operational advice to clients in the leisure and hospitality sector on their health and safety legal obligations.

What others say...

Marisa Hornabrook is an up-and-coming star, whose analytical and organisational skills put others to shame.

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