What are the main reforms to the law on corporate manslaughter an why has reform been considered necessary?
Under the new law companies, organisations and, for the first time, government bodies face a criminal offence and larger fines if they are found to have caused death due to their gross corporate health and safety failures. The Corporate Manslaughter Act is a landmark in law and the culmination of ten years of campaigning by unions and other groups. Well-run businesses that already have effective systems in place for managing health and safety have nothing to fear from the new legislation. But employees of companies, consumers and other individuals will be offered greater protection against the worst cases of corporate negligence. The new law will focus the minds of those in companies and other organisations by ensuring that they take health and safety obligations seriously. Makes it easier to prosecute companies and other large organisations when gross failures in the management of health and safety lead to death by delivering a new, more effective basis for corporate liability. Anyway
