Source: Health and Safety Bulletin Issue: 402 Date: 01-10-2011 Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths

Corporate manslaughter: the first appeal and second case

TOPICS:
health and safety law and codes of practice
incidents

SECTORS:
manufacturing (other)
services (other)

AUTHOR: Howard Fidderman


Fresh from a victory in the Court of Appeal, the Crown Prosecution Service has charged a second firm with corporate manslaughter, reports Howard Fidderman.

On this page:
Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings
Box 1: The death of Alexander Wright
       Company tried to blame dead man
Box 2: Corporate manslaughter
      Fairness in the director's absence
      The "burdens of proof"
      Interview evidence secured a fair trial
      Pragmatic prosecution
      Appeal argument was a repetition
      Conviction was safe
      The extent of the failure
Box 3: Determining seriousness
      Company's financial situation
      Fine can put offender out of business
Box 4: Ability to pay a fine
Application of corporate manslaughter to large organisations
      Reconciling the two Acts
Box 5: Lion Steel
      "Bad cases" can end in liquidation
Box 6: CGH in liquidation.

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