Royal Assent has been obtained for the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act.
On 26 July 2007 the Ministry of Justice announced that Royal Assent had been granted to this very signifi cant statute. Thus companies whose gross negligence leads to the death of individuals will now face prosecution for manslaughter, under what the Government is calling "…..tough new legislation".
Companies, organisations and Government bodies now face an unlimited fi ne if they are found to have caused death due to, for example, gross corporate health and safety failure.
The full text of this extensive Act can be seen via this link http://www.opsi.gov. uk/acts/acts2007/ukpga_20070019_en.pdf, but in brief the new legislation:
