...force next April sees the introduction of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act of 2007. The background to the reasons behind the introduction of the new Act lies in the high profile failures by the Crown Prosecution Service to actually prosecute those companies where clearly there has been a serious breach of negligence which has resulted in loss of life. For example consider the major rail disasters of the late 90s and early 2000s, notably Hatfield, Charing Cross and Paddington.

In other words, there have only ever been seven successful prosecutions as...

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