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 23, 2020
A Carlisle vehicle-salvage company has been fined after a customer was trapped and fatally crushed when a lift truck he had purchased was being loaded onto his own recovery vehicle. Read More
January 20, 2020
A construction company has been fined half a million pounds after a father-of-two was killed when a re-enforced concrete slab collapsed underneath him during a demolition project. Read More
January 17, 2020
Chesterfield Special Cylinders Ltd has been fined £700,000 for safety breaches after a 64-year-old worker was fatally wounded by shrapnel ejected from testing equipment. Read More
January 16, 2020
A company providing a range of airline ground support services has been fined after an employee fell from a height of more than two metres. Read More
January 8, 2020
2019 saw some huge fines for the likes of Chevron, who were fined £5m, DHL, Celsa, Hampshire Country Council, 2 Sisters Food, Clancy Docwra and Veolia. Watch a summary of SHP's most-read fines and prosecution stories. Read More
December 26, 2019
A Co Down nursing home that admitted a health and safety breach, which led to an 82-year-old resident's death, has been fined £12,000. Read More
December 23, 2019
A Lancashire man has been sentenced after a father-of-three was fatally crushed while working underneath a double decker bus. Read More
November 29, 2019
A repetition of clinical failings which led to catastrophic consequences over 40 years, has sparked an investigation at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust (SATH). Read More
November 5, 2019
The University of Edinburgh has been fined for failings which led to animal research workers, who were already sensitised to laboratory animal allergens (LAA), being at risk of suffering from adverse health effects as a result of exposure to LAA. Read More
October 18, 2019
A local council and a bus company have been fined after a passenger was killed when she was run over by a lorry at the bus station. Read More