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.
January 21, 2025
An engineering company has been fined after a labourer died during the construction of a wind farm on the Shetland Islands. Read More
January 20, 2025
An MOT Testing centre in Finsbury Park has been fined £10,000 after a child sustained life changing injuries after being hit by a car and crushed. Read More
December 20, 2024
A school academy trust has been fined £300,000 after a 19-year-old student died as a result of a ‘series of management failures’. Read More
December 17, 2024
A Blackburn-based engineering company has been fined £80,000 after a man described as ‘caring and loving’ by his family was killed after being crushed under a machine. Read More
December 6, 2024
A company has been fined after it failed to manage the risk of legionella bacteria in the hot and cold water systems at HMP Lincoln. Read More
November 28, 2024
A company has been fined £1.6m after a 24-year-old man was crushed to death. Read More
November 15, 2024
A construction company has been fined £160,000 after a man was killed by a telehandler at a house build site Read More
November 13, 2024
The owner of Ginsters has been fined £1.28 million after an employee was killed by a lorry that was delivering supplies to the bakery where it makes its pasties. Read More
November 11, 2024
Cheshire East Council has been fined £500,000 after a man was killed by a falling tree. Read More
October 24, 2024
A contractor from Dorset has been fined after a tree fell onto a forestry worker and left him with life-changing injuries. Read More