This Blackstone's Guide provides the complete text of the UK Corporate Manslaughter Act together with an informed commentary on its probable interpretation and impact.
The existing laws on corporate manslaughter have been widely criticized. They are regarded as failing to provide clear, effective offences which enable companies and other organizations to be held accountable for gross failings which have fatal consequences. The Corporate Manslaughter Act aims to reform and clarify this area, most notably by creating a new, specific offence of 'corporate manslaughter' - an organization,...