Danny McShee

Danny is a partner in the Regulatory team based in our London office. He is Head of Regulatory. He qualified in England and Wales in 1997 joining Kennedys in 1995.

Danny specialises in regulatory defence work, particularly health, safety and environment (HSE) investigations and prosecutions together with numerous ancillary inquests and public inquiries for all industries. He is regularly sought out by corporate clients directly to deal with their crisis management and investigations following major incidents.

Danny has been involved in some of the most high-profile health and safety matters over the last 20 years. He has a long history of managing work at a senior level. Danny has acted for numerous companies and directors in high-profile and sensitive prosecutions and inquests involving fatalities and serious injuries where he has been specifically selected due to his market standing.

Together with a number of like-minded specialist HSE lawyers, he established the Health and Safety Lawyers Association (HSLA) and sat as a committee member for seven years. The HSLA is now a highly successful and influential national organisation aimed at promoting and developing health and safety law with a specific focus on promoting the expertise of its members in dealing with health and safety law.

Danny frequently delivers training to clients and regularly writes for the Kennedys Health and Safety bulletin. He is also an author of Kennedys’ Claims Handling Law and Practice Guide, the fourth edition of which was published in February 2021.

Danny is a member of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers.

Qualifications 

• Qualified in England and Wales in 1997
• MA in Health and Safety Law and Environmental Law in 2001