The Corporate Mansalughter And Corporate Homicide Act

Question 1

An organisation will have committed an offence if??

Answer 1

• it owes duty of care to person
• management failure by senior managers
• it is judged that actions or inaction amount to gross breach of duty resulting in death

Question 2

Health and safety duties relevant to the act??

Answer 2

-provision of safe systems of work
-training on equipment used
Duties connected with:
-supply of goods and services
-any activity on commercial basis
-construction and maintenance work
-storage of plant, vehicles etc

Question 3

On conviction, other than an unlimited fine what else can the courts do??

Answer 3

Make a

• remedial order to make organisation remedy failure
• publicity order to publicise details of conviction and fine
• order to pay costs of prosecution
• compo for bereavement/funeral expenses