Partner & Solicitor Advocate

Clare Bone

Clare leads our Health & Safety offering. Clare has specialised in the defence of regulatory crime, principally health & safety, environmental, wildlife, financial and road traffic for over 21 years. Her entire career has focussed on the field of criminal law, having trained with and worked for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, prosecuting crime and conducting fatal accident inquiries. Ranked Band 1 by Chambers & Partners, Clare is regarded as a true expert in the specialised area of health and safety. Having worked for the Crown and the defence she is ideally placed to advise clients who find themselves facing criminal investigation and prosecution.

Clare's portfolio includes corporate and individual clients across a wide range of sectors, including construction, marine, rural, retail, manufacturing and transport. Frequently called upon to assist clients in the aftermath of an incident she is on hand to provide advice and assistance from the early stages of an investigation, including attendance by a regulator on site, attend interviews by the Police, HSE, SEPA, MCA and other regulators, liaise with the Crown and attend court where an investigation leads to prosecution or fatal accident inquiry. This full spectrum service provides the client with reassurance that they are getting consistent expert legal input at all key stages of their case.

Living Brodies' values

Clare adopts a collaborative approach to her cases, working with clients and colleagues to ensure her clients get the best representation.

Key highlights

Clare is a criminal solicitor advocate and former prosecutor.
She is a member of Society of Solicitor Advocates.
Member of Health and Safety Lawyers Association.

Rankings

Ranked band 1 for health and safety by Chambers & Partners.
Awarded Hall of Fame status by Legal 500 for continued excellence in the field of health and safety.
Ranked band 2 for financial crime by Chambers & Partners.

She has tremendous pedigree in health and safety work in Scotland. She is very experienced and a highly regarded practitioner. She is also not afraid to roll up her sleeves.

Chambers UK 2025

She's a wonderfully talented lawyer.

Chambers UK 2025

She has a brilliant manner about her. The client is really at the front and centre of everything she does. She's very pragmatic and she just tries to get all the very best outcomes.

Chambers UK 2024

Clare Bone is a superstar – it can be said that she personifies the “iron fist in a velvet glove” – her calm and measured approach belies, not only her unsurpassed experience and an encyclopedic knowledge, but also an unwavering determination to get the very best outcome. She is an outstanding solicitor

Legal 500 UK 2023