In April 2008 the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007 came into force.
In September 2008 a Gloucestershire company was the first to be charged with the offence of Corporate Manslaughter in connection with the death of a young geologist on a building site near Stroud in Gloucestershire. The geologist was in a pit taking soil samples when the sides of the pit collapsed crushing the geologist to death.
In addition to the Corporate Manslaughter charge, a director has been charged with manslaughter and the company has been charged with an offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
The director will appear at Stroud Magistrates Court on June 17 to face charges both as an individual and on behalf of the company.
If the company is found guilty it will be liable to pay an unlimited fine and the Court could impose a remedial order requiring steps to be taken by the company to address the failures that led to the death of the geologist.
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