Corporate Manslaughter Bill receives Royal Assent

Just hours after the 2006/07 workplace fatal injury statistics were released by the HSE, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill has been given Royal Assent.

Companies whose gross negligence leads to the death of individuals will now face prosecution for manslaughter.

For the first time, Government bodies will be under the remit of the law, and will face an unlimited fine if they are found to have caused death due to their gross corporate health and safety failures.

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