Overview

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill was introduced into the House of Commons during July.  The Government Select Committee has urged the Government to enact the Bill sooner than later because of the failure of many high-profile corporate manslaughter prosecutions. It is widely believed that current law fails to operate in a sufficiently flexible way to reflect the reality of decision making in organisations and therefore fails to provide proper justice for victims.

We are presenting a half-day seminar which explains the current and the proposed legislation regarding Corporate Manslaughter.  We expect that the demand for places will be high and we suggest that you book places on the seminar now by completing the arrangements below.

The course answers the following questions

• What is corporate manslaughter?
• What legislation is currently in place regarding work-related manslaughter? 
• Where does common law apply a duty of care?
• What is Gross Negligence Manslaughter?
• What is the identification principle? 
• Who, under current legislation, would be considered as the ‘directing mind’ of a company? 
• Why is there a need to reform corporate manslaughter legislation?
• What is the aim of the new legislation?
• How will the new corporate manslaughter legislation differ from present legislation?
• Does the Bill propose that there should be statutory duties for directors to comply with health and safety legislation?
• Will the proposals increase the individual liability of directors?
• What is the scope of the new offence? What sanctions can be applied?
• Is it true that unincorporated bodies will not be covered by the new legislation?
• Has the Bill confused matters by introducing the concept of 'Senior Managers' into the legislation?