Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill published

New legislation to prosecute companies whose gross negligence leads to the death of employees or members of the public was published today (20 July) in the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill.

Under current law a company can only be convicted of corporate manslaughter if there is enough evidence to find a single senior person guilty. To date only seven small organisations have been convicted because in most cases, such as the Hatfield rail crash, the ‘senior person&rsq... (585 more words)

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