Road Death and Corporate Manslaughter Seminar : Fleet Impact
Companies that pay scant regard to managing health and safety are on notice as the Government finally publishes its bill to reform the law of corporate manslaughter.
Presentations
From the RoSPA Seminar - Holywell Park, Loughborough University, 18th October 2006
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Work related road safety: update on latest developments ( |
Roger Bibbings |
Establishing what happened and why – How the police investigate road deaths ( |
Chief Inspector Ian Brooks |
How we learn from our road crashes: A case study ( |
Melvyn Hodgetts |
Fatigue management and working time ( |
Professor Andrew Parkes |
The decision to prosecute – the code for the Crown Prosecution Service ( |
Paul Garlick QC |
“See you in court” – A lawyer’s experiences ( |
Michael Appleby |
Appropriate penalties: Don’t leave your fate to a jury ( |
Saul Jeavons |
Corporations can be successfully prosecuted following work-related deaths due to their recklessness. Such cases will not be limited to fatal accidents in fixed workplaces but will include cases of death on the road caused by lack of care on the part of organisations.
Driving for work is the most dangerous work related activity performed by most people in the UK. It is estimated that more than 1,000 road deaths and 13,000 serious injuries each year occur while at work.
The potential impact on businesses is increasing rapidly as shown by the scale of recent fines; a record £15 million compared to the highest fine of £2 million before August 2005.
It is no longer only the driver who will be held responsible. He or she can now be seen as a ‘victim’ of an organisation’s systems failure. RoSPA’s Road Death and Corporate Manslaughter Seminar helped organisations of all kinds to check out their governance arrangements for health and safety risk management and to learn about new developments.
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