First corporate manslaughter charge under new Act

In the first application of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, the Crown Prosecution Service has now authorised a charge of corporate manslaughter against Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd, in relation to the death of Alexander Wright on 5 September 2008.

Mr Wright, who was employed by Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings as a junior geologist, was taking soil samples from inside a pit which had been excavated as part of a site survey when the sides of the pit colla... (494 more words)

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