Corporate Manslaughter Flashcards
1
Q
When is it enforced?
A
When an organisation owed and failed a duty of care to the deceased person.
The way in which the organisation’s activities were managed or organised:
Caused the death or
Amounted to a gross breach of the duty of care.
2
Q
What are the consequences?
A
Senior management are the target. With the possibility of life imprisonment for any director or similar found guilty of negligence.
The Firm will face a severe fine.
The Firm may have a ‘publicity order’ to tell the world.
3
Q
What are the tests?
A
The organisation or its agents must be grossly negligent, substantially to blame and that failure has caused someone’s death.
4
Q
Do you know the first conviction?
A
Cavendish Masonry, 2010.
