The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is a landmark in UK law. Companies and organisations can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failures resulting in a gross breach of a duty of care.
The Act, which came into force on 6 April 2008, clarifies the criminal liabilities of companies including large organisations where serious failures in the management of health and safety result in a fatality.
September 18, 2024
A company has been sentenced after a 62-year-old worker fell 10 metres to the ground and died during the construction of a new university facility. Read More
September 2, 2024
A company has been fined after a man died while working inside an excavation at a construction site in Glasgow. Read More
August 21, 2024
A wood recycling company has been fined after an employee was killed when he was struck by a JCB wheel loader. Read More
August 12, 2024
Grampian Health Board, also referred to as NHS Grampian, pleaded guilty following the death of 40-year-old Vincent Mulsant at the Royal Cornhill Hospital. Read More
August 2, 2024
Two companies have been fined after a father-of-three was crushed to death by a machine. Read More
July 30, 2024
Drowning of 60-year-old construction was avoidable but essential learning must be taken from the tragedy, explains legal expert. Read More
July 24, 2024
A recycling company has been fined after a man died and another was seriously injured while decommissioning a North Sea gas rig. Read More
July 18, 2024
The site manager of a waste and recycling company has been given a suspended prison sentence following the death of a young father at a site in Dewsbury. Read More
July 11, 2024
A housing company has been fined more than £300,000 after a driver was crushed to death by falling concrete blocks at a construction site in South Lanarkshire. Read More
July 5, 2024
An Oldham-based haulage company has been fined more than £85,000 after a fork lift truck driver was killed while loading a heavy goods vehicle (HGV). Read More