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 17, 2020
'It is not good enough for companies to assume they are doing all they can to control the risk just because there have been no previous incidents,' says HSE, after a specialist industrial services company worker suffered a fatal injury. Read More
September 3, 2020
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been issued with a Crown Censure by the HSE after a military diver died during training. Read More
August 28, 2020
A trio of construction companies have been fined after a worker suffered fatal injuries while demolishing a two-storey building in preparation for a development project. Read More
April 21, 2020
The owner of a property has been fined £88,000 for a ‘string of failures’ in the home, including fire safety issues. Read More
March 31, 2020
Tayside Health Board has been fined following three incidents where patients died by suicide using ligature points. Read More
March 20, 2020
A livestock firm has been fined £12,500 following the death of a man at a livestock mart in Clogher. Read More
February 28, 2020
SPIE Limited has been fined after a child was fatally injured when he was trapped between an unsecured pole and a fence. Read More
February 14, 2020
Materials Movement Ltd and P J Labour Services Ltd have been fined after a worker was killed in an explosion at a demolition site. Read More
January 29, 2020
Duffy Skylining has been fined following an incident in which a worker was seriously injured after being struck by a tree. Read More
January 28, 2020
An employee of a farming business who fell from a trailer was crushed to death by a concrete beam that fell with him. Read More