Entertainment company fined after worker dies from fall
November 24, 2023
A company in the entertainment industry has been fined £16,000 following the death of a worker. Read More
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.
November 24, 2023
A company in the entertainment industry has been fined £16,000 following the death of a worker. Read More
November 13, 2023
An operations manager at a funfair company has been jailed for six months after a three-year-old girl died on a Norfolk beach. Read More
October 31, 2023
Whakaari Management Limited, has been found guilty for failing to minimise risk at the time of the White Island volcanic eruption in 2019, where 22 people were killed. Read More
September 13, 2023
A waste management firm has been fined a total of £3 million following the deaths of two workers in separate incidents. Read More
August 25, 2023
A farm has been fined £60,000 following the death of a man who was electrocuted by an overhead power line. Read More
August 9, 2023
Network Rail has been fined £1.2million following the death of a man who was crushed while carrying out maintenance work. Read More
August 8, 2023
The owner of a motor repair company has been jailed for 10 months after a man got stuck and crushed under a vehicle and later died. Read More
May 30, 2023
Security firm, Serco, has been fined £2.25 million for health and safety failings following the death of custody officer Lorraine Barwell. Read More
May 24, 2023
Two company directors have been jailed after a wall collapsed killing five men – with both firms having to pay combined fines of £1.6million. Read More
May 11, 2023
The sister of a man killed while unloading a lorry trailer has spoken of the devastating impact her brother’s death has had on their family. Read More