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 20, 2018
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd has been sentenced after a fitter suffered fatal burns when his clothing was ignited by sparks. HSE found that the company’s risk assessment and permit to work procedures had been inadequate and there were no site-specific procedures in place. Read More
August 28, 2018
Two companies have pleaded guilty following a HSE investigation into the death of a five-year-old girl, who became trapped while using a lift at her home in Weymouth. Read More
August 21, 2018
Abbey Forged Products Ltd, a hot metal forging company, has been sentenced for safety breaches following the death of a worker. Read More
July 10, 2018
A director has been jailed for eight months after pleading guilty to a health and safety breach that led to the death of two brothers. Read More
July 9, 2018
A textile company has been fined for safety breaches after a worker died from crush injuries. Read More
June 22, 2018
A company which manufactures freshly prepared meals has been fined £176,000 following an incident in which an employee was killed after being struck by empty food trays. Read More
May 18, 2018
The partners of a Suffolk based farm have been sentenced after a haulage contractor was electrocuted to death when his vehicle struck an overhead power line. Read More
May 10, 2018
Two fairground workers have been found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after a bouncy castle blew away in high winds with a seven-year-old girl still inside. Read More
May 10, 2018
CPM Group Limited, a Somerset pre-cast concrete products manufacturing company, has been fined after a 43-year-old man was fatally injured when he was trapped by machinery. Read More
May 3, 2018
Logistics firm DHL has been fined £2 million over the death of a worker at its depot in Milton Keynes, Read More