Corporate manslaughter charges dropped against Railtrack

• Authors:
• Daniel McShee
• Richard Crockford

Sitting at the High Court this week, Mr Justice Mackay dismissed various charges against Nicholas Pollard (former director for Railtrack London North East), Gerald Corbett (former chief executive of Railtrack), Christopher Leah (former Railtrack board director, operations) and Network Rail. The charges arose out of the Hatfield train crash in October 2000.

The charges against the individuals included manslaughter and health and safety charges against Mr Pollard as well as health and safety c... (134 more words)

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