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Corporate Manslaughter Act
Everyone will be affected by these new Regulations. We'll keep you updated with all the changes as the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Acts come into force in 2008.
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TWO YEAR MANSLAUGHTER SENTENCE
A builder has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for gross negligence manslaughter by Mold Crown Court.
November 2012 Volume 35 Number 11
RECORD CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER FINE
The largest ever fine for corporate manslaughter has been imposed on Lion Steel Equipment Limited by Manchester Crown Court.
September 2012 Volume 35 Number 9
CONTRACTOR CHARGED
A contractor will appear in court on a charge of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of Juan Antonio Quintanilla Romero.
September 2012 Volume 35 Number 9
FIRST NI CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION
Laganside Crown Court has levied the largest ever health and safety fine in Northern Ireland in the region’s first conviction for corporate manslaughter.
June 2012 Volume 35 Number 6
£120,000 FINE FOR DIRECTOR AFTER EMPLOYEE DEATH
The sole director of a company has been issued with a six month prison sentence suspended for two years following the death of one of his employees.
June 2011. Volume 34. Number 6
FIRST CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER CONVICTION
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has successfully prosecuted Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings for corporate manslaughter.
April 2011. Volume 34. Number 4
SENTENCING GUIDELINES CONSIDERED BY COURT OF APPEAL
The Court of Appeal has refused an application to reduce fines imposed in an HSE prosecution (HSE v Marble City Ltd). This is the first time a higher court has considered the effect of the new Sentencing Guidelines.
COURT OF APPEAL INCREASES FINE
A Scottish company has had its fine increased by 700% at the Court of Appeal after the Crown appealed.
July 2010. Volume 33. Number 7
CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER FINES TO BE AT LEAST £500,000
The Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) has confirmed that fines for corporate manslaughter should not be linked to turnover (see Monitor January 2010).
CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER SENTENCING CONSULTATION
KEY ISSUES
POTENTIAL MITIGATING FACTORS
FINES NOT PEGGED TO TURNOVER
CORPORATE FINES NO LOWER Than £500,000
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