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Article

18 Jul 2007

Author:
Gary Slapper, Professor of Law, and Director of the Centre for Law, at the Open University, in Times [UK]

Corporate manslaughter law is a vast improvement [UK]

Globally, more people are killed each year at work than are killed in wars. How the law responds is important, and the UK’s new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act is a significant improvement on earlier legislation. [refers to GWT, P & O Ferries (part of Carnival), Thames Trains, Railtrack / Network Rail]