Posts Tagged ‘Corporate Manslaughter’

EDP Whitepaper – Tailored health and safety packages for SMEs do not cost a fortune – but could save you one

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Dealing with the red tape of health and safety compliance is often the last thing an SME wants to think about. Yet the cost of not doing so could wipe out the company altogether!. Accidents resulting from simple instances of non-compliance can result in huge penalty fines. The Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007 is a legal landmark that make it an offence and companies and organisations can be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failures resulting from gross breach of a relevant duty of care. However, SMEs don’t have to learn the lesson the hard way –they can achieve compliance through the implementation of an effective health and safety management system.

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Health, Safety and Environment – Find the Training that is right for You

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

Standards of Health and Safety depend on attitudes and actions, which is why we lay great stress on the quality of content and delivery of our training.

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First Trial under Corporate Manslaughter Act

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act is in the news again.

This time it is the culmination of years of discussion and debate – first about the Act itself, what it should cover and to whom it should apply – then about the penalties that should be imposed.

The Act was brought in after public outcries about such major tragedies as the capsizing of the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry outside Zeebrugge the Bradford City fire and the rail disasters at Southall and Paddington. The law was unable to convict any person or organisation in regard to these accidents.

The first case under the new Act has now been brought to court and judgement made.

This first case is not on the same scale as the major disasters of past years, but it resulted in the death of a young man, which is every bit as devastating for his family, his colleagues and others who knew him.

What lessons can we all learn from this case? (more…)