Ashley specialises in regulatory compliance and litigation.  

He is instructed by leading brands to advise and deliver workshops in relation to all types of risk and compliance matters relating to consumer protection, trading standards, advertising and marketing, environmental, food labelling, safety and hygiene, and health and safety issues. He is independently recognised as being well regarded for product safety, compliance and recall work.

Ashley also has significant experience of acting for businesses under investigation or facing enforcement action in relation to regulatory offences. He has a broad range of experience, particularly in the retail and manufacturing sectors, including advising in relation to fatal workplace incidents, fire safety issues, food labelling and poisoning incidents, failed test purchases, defective and unsafe products (including product recall), misleading marketing and pricing, and export controls. 

Ashley is an executive member of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute Business Members Group and the Health and Safety Lawyers Association.