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 10, 2021
A construction company and a security firm have admitted breaching health and safety rules in an incident which led to the death of a 74-year-old wind farm security guard. Read More
September 8, 2021
A fencing manufacturer and the owner of the yard where the business operates, have been fined following the death of an employee at the site. Read More
August 5, 2021
Egger (UK) Limited has been fined after a self-employed lorry driver was killed making a routine delivery of recycled wood. Read More
August 2, 2021
A lighting manufacturer has been fined after an employee was fatally injured when the forklift truck he was driving struck an overhead steel beam. Read More
July 26, 2021
A forging company has been fined after an employee suffered a fatal injury when he fell from height from a mobile tower scaffold. Read More
July 14, 2021
A warehouse management solutions company has been fined after an employee was electrocuted while servicing an air compressor. Read More
July 13, 2021
A utilities company has been fined after a member of the public suffered fatal injuries after falling into an excavation on a footpath. Read More
May 5, 2021
An MOT centre has been sentenced after oil drums supplied by them exploded and killed an agricultural engineer. Read More
March 23, 2021
H and M Engineering and Roofing Specialists (NI) Limited has been prosecuted for multiple work-related offences relating to the death of one of their employees. Read More
March 10, 2021
A waste recycling firm, its director and site manager have been sentenced after an employee died and a second employee was seriously injured when they became trapped inside machinery. Read More