Involuntary Manslaughter in UK Law
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Corporate Killing
... ... ) Regulations 1994 and the existing law of corporate manslaughter have done little to reduce these figures. However, proposals are now well ... set out in a consultation paper entitled "Reforming the Law of Involuntary Manslaughter", published by the Home Office in May 2000. The new ... ...
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Concorde Crash Conviction
... ... court has found Houston-based Continental Airlines guilty of involuntary manslaughter for its part in the 2000 Concorde crash which killed 113 ... ...
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When Will A Doctor's Negligent Acts Or Omissions Attract Criminal Liability?
... ... Rachel Morse examines the current law behind gross negligence manslaughter allegations and offers some practical points ... Imagine the scenario ... the basis that gross negligence was not the correct test for involuntary manslaughter. The House of Lords dismissed his appeal and held that gross ... ...
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Anthropomorphism No More A Brief Guide To The Corporate Manslaughter And Corporate Homicide Act 2007
... ... 1 "Legislating the Criminal Code: Involuntary Manslaughter" (Law Com 237) ... 2 See for instance the Court of Appeal in the Southall rail disaster case (upholding the acquittal of the rail ... ...
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Dr Bawa-Garba: Could It Happen In Scotland?
... ... was suspended following a conviction for gross negligence manslaughter. The GMC appealed, arguing suspension was too lenient and Dr Bawa-Garba ... The equivalent offence is involuntary culpable homicide. There has been no successful prosecution of a doctor ... ...
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Health And Safety Newsletter February 2011
... ... court found Houston-based Continental Airlines guilty of involuntary manslaughter for its part in the Concorde crash in 2000 which killed 113 ... ...
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Insurance E-Brief - Summer 2013
... ... when run over by the "Dizzy" and the master was convicted of involuntary manslaughter by the criminal court for failing to maintain the proper ... ...
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Don't Worry, We Won't Blame You (But We Will Prosecute You)
... ... Dr Bawa-Garba was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter in respect of a patient. In Scotland there is no such offence and while ere is an equivalent offence, involuntary culpable homicide, there have been no successful prosecutions of a doctor ... ...
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