Corporate Liability Work Related Deaths and Criminal Prosecutions

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, has created a new offence of corporate manslaughter. This new edition of Corporate Liability: Work Related Deaths and Criminal Prosecutions is the only book to provide, in a single source, an expert guide to general procedure and practice surrounding this topic.

Corporate Liability: Work Related Deaths and Criminal Prosecutions, 2nd edition, provides indispensable advice for all those practicing in criminal law as well as Health & Safety and Health Care Professionals.

Contents: Chapter 1 - Criminal responsibility for work related accidents; Chapter 2 - Sentencing; Chapter 3 - Practical issues; Chapter 4 - Investigations by the Police and HSE; Chapter 5 - Construction; Chapter 6 - Transport Chapter; 7 - The chemical industry; Chapter 8 - Oil and gas; Chapter 9 - Healthcare; Chapter 10 - Waste Management; Chapter 11 - Environmental liability including nuclear; Chapter 12 - Local authorities; Chapter 13 - Ireland; Chapter 14 - Scotland; Chapter 15 - Corporate manslaughter: an international perspective