New corporate culpable homicide offences proposed

A member’s bill has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament which aims to make it easier to hold large companies and their senior managers liable for workplace fatalities. It would significantly broaden the basis by which corporate criminal liability can be identified, lawyers say.

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