Legal & Finance: Bosses Should Not Risk Businesses Over Safety

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Company directors should take a closer look at the health and safety policies and risk assessments that their businesses have in place, or face the prospect of financial ruin in the event of a death, warns a legal expert.

The Corporate Manslaughter Bill is likely to become law in 2007 and David Egan, regulatory partner at the Birmingham office of law firm, Irwin Mitchell, believes that where a fatal incident has occurred as a result of business activities the Health and Safety Executive will look to make examples of companies in the early days of the Act as a shot across the bows of those who believe they are beyond the reach of legislation.

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Legal & Finance: Bosses Should Not Risk Businesses Over Safety

He said: "Under the current law, while safety issues are the responsibility of a company, the organisation can only be convicted of corporate m...

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