Corporate Manslaughter Bill 2011

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The Corporate Manslaughter Bill 2011 would make an organisation—including a company, government department, public body or non-profit—criminally responsible when gross negligence causes someone’s death. Senior managers could also face fines or up to 12 years in prison if their failure to deal with a serious, known risk contributed to the death. Courts could order fines, safety improvements, community work, public disclosure of the conviction and management bans, helping ensure organisations correct dangerous practices and cannot avoid responsibility by dissolving and reforming.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to create the indictable offence of corporate manslaughter by an undertaking, to create the indictable offence of grossly negligent management causing death by a high managerial agent of the undertaking, and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018