Corporate Manslaughter

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.


Engineering firm fined following worker’s death

An engineering and services company has been fined following the death of a worker. Read More

Health board fined following death of patients

Lothian Health Board has been fined £220,000 for safety breaches, following the death of two vulnerable patients. Read More

Company and director sentenced after employee crushed to death

A company and its director have been sentenced following the death of an employee. Read More

INEOS fined £400k after employee seriously injured

INEOS has been fined £400,000 after an employee was seriously injured while carrying out a routine task at its chemicals site in Grangemouth, Scotland. Read More

Manufacturing company fined after worker fatally crushed

A manufacturing company has been fined £120,000 after a worker was killed after becoming trapped between two heavy steel beams. Read More

Company fined after 21-year-old worker dies

A company in Peterborough has been fined £67,000 after a young employee lost his life. Read More

Newport City Council fined £2m after man killed carrying out road repair

Newport City Council has been fined £2million after a man was killed while carrying out road repair works. Read More

Care home fined £125,000 after teenager’s death

A care home in Bristol has been fined for not doing enough to keep people safe from vulnerable patients who posed a danger to themselves and others. Read More

Entertainment company fined after worker dies from fall

A company in the entertainment industry has been fined £16,000 following the death of a worker. Read More

Funfair company fined £300k and manager jailed after three-year-old dies

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



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