Corporate killing update: will they, won't they?

The Government is intending to introduce legislation to create a new offence of corporate killing, according to latest reports. Draft legislation is to be drafted before the end of November 2004, but there is no guarantee that it will be included in the Queen's Speech.

Many people might reasonably ask what is new about this, and with some justification. The Labour Government pledged to introduce corporate manslaughter legislation when it came to power in 1997, and it became a firm manifesto ... (166 more words)

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