Government Proposals to Implement Corporate Killing Proceedings

• Author:
• Hilary Ross

The Government announced yesterday (20 May 2003) its intention to introduce a draft bill to reform the law of corporate manslaughter. For a number of years, there has been a general perception that existing criminal laws are inadequate. This is because criminal law is designed to prosecute individuals who have the necessary intention to commit criminal acts not legal corporations which do not physically exist.

In May 2000, following a Law Commission review on the current law of involuntar... (694 more words)

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