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.
June 10, 2024
Tata Chemicals Europe Limited has been fined after a man died following an incident while erecting a scaffold tower in a chemical plant in Northwich. Read More
June 6, 2024
Openreach Limited has been fined £1.34 million after an engineer died whilst trying to repair a telephone line. Read More
May 30, 2024
Two companies have been sentenced after a worker fell from a scissor lift and fractured his skull, leaving him in an induced coma. Read More
May 28, 2024
A West Yorkshire farmer has been fined after his cattle trampled a man to death and left his wife paralysed. Read More
May 13, 2024
The director of a Croydon-based double glazing company has avoided an immediate spell behind bars following the death of a man. Read More
May 9, 2024
The HSE issued the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with a Crown Censure yesterday (8 May) following the death of a soldier yesterday. Read More
May 8, 2024
A carpentry contractor has been fined after a 22-year-old man died after he was struck by construction equipment on a building site. Read More
April 19, 2024
A manufacturing company in Hull has been fined after one of its employees was crushed to death at a factory. Read More
April 8, 2024
An engineering and services company has been fined following the death of a worker. Read More
April 3, 2024
Lothian Health Board has been fined £220,000 for safety breaches, following the death of two vulnerable patients. Read More