Fatal accidents are usually preventable, which leads to questions of responsibility and criminal liability. Here, Guy Bastable and Tom McNeill seek to explain those occasions when organisations and individuals will be found criminally liable, for which offences and with what sanction. The legal landscape applicable…
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
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Sadly, there are certain situations when lone working has led to disaster, writes Helen Down. In 2006, mental health worker Ashleigh Ewing was stabbed to death by a schizophrenic client in his home. In 2013, Andrew Locovou was murdered by a customer while single-manning a betting shop late in the…
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In our ever-growing global economy, travelling for business is now commonplace in many organisations. According to research conducted at the turn of 2016 by the Collinson Group, 54% of Human Resources (HR) professionals anticipate that sending employees abroad will become more complicated from a Duty of Care…
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Policy Exchange report pinpoints surge in legal claims against the Ministry of Defence
by Brian SimsAccording to one of the UK’s leading Think Tanks, Britain’s Armed Forces are “under threat from a sustained legal assault” which could “paralyse” the effectiveness of the military with “catastrophic consequences” for the safety of the nation. A new Policy Exchange report, entitled ‘The Fog…