Corporate Manslaughter & Corporate Homicide Act 2007 Explained

About Course

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 allows an organisation to be convicted when a gross failure in the way its activities are managed causes a death. This course explains the offence, the senior management test, the factors a jury considers, the penalties, and how it sits alongside health and safety offences and individual liability across the UK.

Tutwoo is an independent learning provider. This course is general awareness training based on legislation and official guidance. It is not legal advice; seek professional legal advice about any specific situation.

What Will You Learn?

  • Understand the elements of corporate manslaughter and corporate homicide
  • Know what “gross breach” and the senior management test mean
  • Recognise the penalties, including remedial and publicity orders
  • Understand how individual directors and managers can still be prosecuted under other laws

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • The offence
  • Gross breach and senior management
  • Prosecution and penalties
  • What it means for managers

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

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