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Immediate Release 23 July 2007
CCA welcomes passing of Corporate Manslaughter bill through the Lords - and hopes for end of immunity for large and medium sized organisations.
The Centre for Corporate Accountability (CCA) welcomes the passing of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill through the Lords today.
The CCA is the charity that advises families bereaved from work-related deaths on investigation and prosecution issues, and has lobbied for many years for a new offence of corporate manslaughter.
David Bergman, Director of the Centre for Corporate Accountability said:
"No large or medium sized organisation has ever been convicted of corporate manslaughter - despite the hundreds of work-related deaths each year. We hope that this bill we bring an end to the immunity that large and medium sized companies have had over the years. Whilst the Bill is not everything that we wanted - and in some senses is a lost opportunity for more significant reform - we do think it will increase chances of greater justice and accountability for work-related deaths."
To read more about what the CCA thinks about the bill click here
To read about what it all means and what happens now, click here
To read more about the reform process, click here
To read more about the law of manslaughter click here
The
Centre for Corporate Accountability is a human
rights charity advising those bereaved from work-related
deaths, and working on issues of safety, law enforcement
and corporate accountability.
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