SafeWork NSW Prosecutions & Work Health Safety Legal Services
Compliance, Notices & Defence
SafeWork & WHS Defence Services
Eric Navea Legal provides SafeWork NSW legal advice, WHS compliance support and workplace safety prosecution defence for directors, businesses and workers across Sydney and New South Wales.
Whether you need help staying compliant or you are facing SafeWork NSW action, I provide clear, strategic and practical legal support to protect you, your business and your future.
If SafeWork is involved, early legal advice matters.
Need a SafeWork NSW Lawyer in Sydney or NSW?
Your business can’t afford to take a chance when facing serious SafeWork prosecutions. Penalties under the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act can be harsh and include substantial fines, intensive corrections orders or even imprisonment.
When you need to negotiate with SafeWork NSW, respond to a notice or build a defence, we are ready to help.
📞 Call Eric Navea Legal today
Get clarity, protection and peace of mind.
Important — Not an Employment Law Service
This service is for employers, directors, and duty holders facing SafeWork NSW investigations, improvement or prohibition notices, or prosecutions.
We do not provide employment law services and do not advise on:
unfair dismissal
employee claims
Fair Work matters
Our Services
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Directors and senior managers can be held personally liable under the Work Health and Safety Act.
I can directors with:
Personal liability advice under WHS due-diligence laws
Responding to SafeWork NSW investigations
Preparing for inspector interviews and compulsory notices
Defending Category 1, 2 and 3 WHS charges
Managing fatalities and serious injury investigations
Enforceable undertakings and charge negotiations
If SafeWork alleges you failed to exercise due diligence, the penalties can include massive fines and criminal convictions. I act early to protect your position and your reputation.
You need a WHS lawyer who understands how SafeWork builds cases — not just how to react to them.
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I help businesses across NSW stay compliant and defend SafeWork action.
My services include:
WHS compliance advice
Workplace risk and hazard exposure reviews
Safety system and documentation guidance
Responding to Improvement Notices and Prohibition Notices
SafeWork audits and inspections
High-risk work licence issues
Enforceable undertakings
Workplace safety prosecution defence
Whether you run a small business, construction company, transport operation or industrial site, I help you stay operating while staying legally protected.
Compliance is not just about paperwork — it is about reducing risk before SafeWork knocks on your door.
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If SafeWork is investigating you personally — or you have been named in a WHS matter — I provide legal defence and protection.
I assist workers with:
Being interviewed by SafeWork NSW
Notices to attend or give statements
High-risk work licence allegations
Allegations of unsafe conduct
Defending WHS charges
Representing you in court
You have rights. I make sure they are protected.
Why Choose Eric Navea Legal?
We focus on making SafeWork law clear, practical and manageable — not intimidating.
Full‑spectrum WHS services: Our practice covers compliance audits, officer and PCBU obligations, incident response, regulatory defence, WHS policy design, consultation frameworks and training. These services reduce the risk of prosecutions and prepare you to respond effectively if an incident occurs.
Strategic, pragmatic advice: We work with you to understand your operations and provide clear, tailored advice. Our preparation includes reviewing SafeWork’s brief, negotiating for withdrawal or reduction of charges, challenging inaccurate fact sheets, and preparing compelling submissions for leniency
Our goal is simple:
Protect your business, your people and your future.