Corporate Manslaughter Lawyer Guide

A death connected with a business can lead to a corporate manslaughter investigation, often alongside possible health and safety or other regulatory offences. Corporate manslaughter is not confined to workplace accidents and can potentially arise from unsafe working practices, failures affecting customers or members of the public, transport operations, care provision and serious food safety incidents.

Investigators will look beyond the immediate circumstances of the death. They may examine how the organisation was managed, decisions made by senior management, previous warnings or incidents, risk assessments, training, staffing and whether appropriate procedures were actually followed.

Our specialist criminal and regulatory lawyers advise companies, directors and senior managers from the earliest stages of an investigation through to any prosecution.