Health & Safety Publications
15 September 2008
This briefing summarises the powers available to the police in conducting manslaughter investigations and how individual managers and directors may be called to account. It does not cover the powers of HSE Inspectors.
02 September 2008
A look at the new penalties for breach of health and safety obligations, including imprisonment, which are being introduced on to the statute book without consultation.
14 May 2008
After 10 years of debate the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 came into force on 6 April 2008. What will be its impact?
07 March 2008
Corporate Manslaughter sentencing guidelines
09 August 2007
Initial report by the Health and Safety Executive on potential breaches of biosecurity at the Pirbright site.
02 July 2007
Corporate Manslaughter briefing July 2007
21 February 2007
Health and Safety Investigations briefing February 2007
01 February 2007
Construction Health and Safety briefing February 2007
22 September 2006
On 20 July 2006 the Home Office finally published a bill to introduce the offence and on 21 July 2006 introduced it to the Commons. The Bill, renamed the 'Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill' is based upon the draft published in March 2005.
30 July 2006
This update on corporate manslaughter focusses on the likely key issues for businesses and their senior management and draws out the concerns of the Committees and the responses provided by Government to those concerns.
22 February 2006
This briefing provides an update on the progress of the Corporate Manslaughter Bill; explores the liability of parent companies; and summarises the relationship of the new corporate manslaughter law to the prosecution of individuals for manslaughter and Health and Safety at Work etc Act (HSWA) offences.
22 July 2005
This is the first of a number of briefings upon the Government's recent proposals to reform corporate manslaughter. The purpose of this first briefing is to summarise the proposals.