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Corporate Killing Proposals Delayed Again?
The Press Association reported on Friday 8 November that corporate killing proposals are likely to be left out of the Queen's Speech. This has been met with disappointment by campaigners, although it has not yet been confirmed by the Home Office. David Bergman, the Director of the Centre for Corporate Accountability, commented: "The Labour Government committed itself to refor...
News | 12 Nov 2002
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More Information on Corporate Killing Proposals
The Centre for Corporate Accountability (CCA) has published a letter that, it claims, was sent on 10 September 2002 by the Home Office to industries in the private sector asking them for their assessment of the potential effect of introducing a new offence of corporate killing. The letter invites organisations in indust...
News | 3 Oct 2002
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Retrospective corporate killing legislation?
Directors of Transco could be charged with corporate killing if Cathy Jamieson, the Scottish justice minister, accepts a proposal to introduce retrospective legislation. The Sunday Times reports that an expert group, appointed by the Scottish executive, is likely to recommend that a new law should apply to historical cases. The suggestion is for ...
News | 30 Aug 2005
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Corporate killing bill could pave the way for more safety prosecutions
The TUC believes that the Government’s draft bill on corporate manslaughter will make it easier to prosecute firms found guilty of safety crimes, and that individual directors must be made liable for accidents and injuries sustained at work, if there is to be any change in the UK’s poor safety record. Speaking this week at a TUC/Centre for Corporate Account...
News | 14 Jun 2005
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STUC welcomes corporate homicide proposals
The creation of a panel involving union, legal and government experts to develop proposals on a corporate homicide law for Scotland has been welcomed by the STUC (Scottish Trades Union Congress). Ian Tasker, STUC health and safety specialist, said: "Since 2000, 116 workers have been killed in accidents that in the vast majority of cases were predictable. The STUC and our affiliates believe that thes...
News | 27 Apr 2005
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Government Proposals to Implement Corporate Killing Proceedings
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. ...
News | 21 May 2003
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More Delays for Corporate Killing Law; Draft Bill Expected Spring 2004
The Government has confirmed the timetable for the promised corporate killing law has been delayed again. In May 2003, when the Criminal Justice Bill was being debated in parliament, the Home Office - in response to an amendment that would have introduced a new offence of corporate killing - issued a statement in which it said that "a timetable for legislation and...
News | 13 Jan 2004
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HSE Report Backs Corporate Killing Law
A corporate killing law would provide "powerful deterrence" and prevent workplace deaths, a report for the HSE has concluded. The HSE-backed research report says new corporate manslaughter legislation "should act as a powerful deterrent to help prevent needless injuries and deaths whilst at the same time punis...
News | 25 Feb 2003
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Corporate killing - proposed reforms and recent case law
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Comment | 26 Oct 2004
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Corporate killing - proposed reforms and recent case law
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Comment | 25 Oct 2004
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Corporate killing - proposed reforms and recent case law
Final paragraph: What are M&A transactions with regard to due diligence? I know about Public Liability and Employers Liability but what are D&O insurance policies? It's Monday morning and my brain isn't in gear yet so any explanation gratefully received. Once I know I shall be able to say "I kne
Comment | 25 Oct 2004
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Directors Won't Evade Corporate Killing Liability, says TUC
Individual directors and senior managers could still be vulnerable to prosecution under the latest proposals for the long-awaited corporate killing laws. The legislation is expected to be announced in the Queen's Speech in November, and would be considered in the next session of parliament. Janet Asherson, head of health and safety at the CBI, the employers’ organisation most vocally critical of the proposed law, said individua...
News | 25 Oct 2002
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Fresh calls for new corporate killing offence
The prospect of a new corporate killing offence will again come under discussion this week, potentially increasing the legal pressure on employers to better manage health and safety in the workplace. The All Party Parliamentary Occupational Safety and Health Group will meet with families of people killed in work-related death...
News | 18 Mar 2002
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Corporate Killing Law Has Public Backing
The reality is that at the beginning of the 21st century, people in Britain are still dying from work related causes that could be reduced with the appropriate resources and political will.The law, is out dated and unhelpful. The case for a change in the law to enable prosecution for the offence of corporate killing is compelling. The key benefits would be accountability, which would properly represent the nature of criminal conduct, and therefore offer a sentence appropriate to the crime committed. Secondly the proposed offence should act as a powerful deterrent to help prevent needless deaths and inj...
Comment | 25 Jun 2003
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A new offence - corporate killing
The government has confirmed that it intends to introduce a new law on corporate killing, Home Office minister Keith Bradley has unveiled. The proposals to be put forward are concerned with the criminal liability of those who kill when they do not intend to cause death or serious injury.At a conference last month, he claimed: "Unless there are overwhelming reasons against doing...
News | 26 Jul 2001
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Home secretary to speak out on corporate killing
The Home Secretary, Jack Straw, is to outline the government’s proposals for a new 'corporate killing' law at a 13 June conference organised by the British Safety Council. The planned legislation would make it much tougher for companies and directors to escape punishment if they cause death or injury to workers or members of the public by failing to take adequate safety precautions. The Hom...
News | 2 Jun 2001
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Corporate killing legislation delayed
The proposed new law on corporate killing will be delayed until at least 2002, according to press reports today. The law would have made it much easier to successfully prosecute directors for deaths caused by management failure. Current legislation makes it difficult to prosecute a company, because the court has to show that a sing...
News | 16 Nov 2000
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CBI warns against new corporate killing law
Proposals for a new offence of corporate killing could leave companies defenceless because there are no clear tests of whether a firm is to blame, claim the Confederation of British Industry. The warning comes as a response to the government plan to reform manslaughter legislation. The CBI argues that the proposals are unfair because firm...
News | 13 Oct 2000
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New corporate killing charge
The prospect of companies being found liable for the deaths of workers has moved one step closer this week after MPs heard the new Corporate Homicide Bill. This would create a new offence of corporate killing, replacing the offence of corporate manslaughter. The new Bill is an attempt to close a loophole by which large companies escape prosecution.Under the current law of corporate manslaughter, only two firms have ever been successfull...
News | 26 Apr 2000
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Will Corporate Killing send insurance soaring?
Fleets with poor risk management policies are being warned they face a "massive" increase in insurance costs under proposed corporate manslaughter laws. Executives at Essential Risk Consultancy believe premiums will rise sharply as insurance companies themselves face claims as a result of the new Bill. The proposed new Corporate Manslaughter Bill will apply when someone has been killed because the senior management of a c...
News | 14 Apr 2005
