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Vikki is a passionate and vocal regulatory lawyer specialising in health and safety law (including manslaughter), transport work (focus mainly on HGV, bus and coach operators), care regulation and safeguarding. Vikki is very experienced in crisis management and dealing with highly emotive, national press interest cases. Vikki leads the north west regulatory team at DWF who are well known for their expertise in crisis management and dealing with large scale disaster cases such as the Grenfell Tower fire, the Bosley Mill explosion and the Didcot Power Station collapse. The team are renowned for their expertise in handling complex manslaughter investigations and dealing with all aspects of the crisis including reputation management and trauma support. They are regularly sought out by the UK's biggest businesses and insurers to act on the most serious safety cases across the UK and beyond. The team in Manchester has won Regulatory Team of the Year at the Manchester Legal Awards in 2020, 2021 and 2022 and Vikki won Manchester Partner of the Year for 2022 at the same Awards. Vikki was also awarded Transport Lawyer of the Year 2023 at the recent Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards. Vikki and her team like to get "under the skin" of clients' businesses to understand their needs and help them to achieve best practice levels of regulatory compliance. Vikki's transport expertise covers operator licensing, transport compliance issues, Public Inquiries, auditing, clandestine entrants/vehicle seizures/smuggling, due diligence, training and advocacy (Magistrates' Court and Public Inquiries). Vikki and her team act for some of the UK largest retailers, logistics businesses and utilities and communications companies advising on transport compliance matters. The team also specialise in helping international businesses locate their logistics in the UK.