Corporate Manslaughter Prosecutions

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is a landmark in law. For the first time, companies and organisations can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failures resulting in a gross breach of a duty of care. The Act clarifies the criminal liabilities of companies including large organisations where serious failures in the management of health and safety result in a fatality.

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