corporate manslaughter
An offence introduced by the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. It occurs where the death of a person (such as an employee or a customer) has been caused by a gross breach of a relevant duty of care owed to that person by the company and the breach involved a serious failing by senior management in the way the company’s activities were organized or managed (R v Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd [2011] EWCA Crim 1337, [2011] All ER 100). The offence can be committed only by companies and certain other organizations (including partnerships, trade unions, and some government departments). In Scotland the offence is known as corporate homicide.

The same Act abolished the common-law offence of manslaughter by gross negligence in regard to corporations. Individuals, such as directors of a company, can be prosecuted under the common law for the offence of manslaughter (R v Kite [1996] 2 Cr App R (S) 295 (CA); Re AG Ref No 2 of 1999 [2000] QB 796).

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