In my last post, I talked about the first company to be prosecuted under the Corporate Manslaughter Act and how the fact that they are a small company hasn’t made any difference to their duty of care responsibilities.
Late last week it was announced that the company had been found guilty and fined £385,000. They can pay the fine back over a ten year period which means that it won’t put them out of business but still, paying out almost £40,000 per year for the next ten years is a significant sum. According to one of the solicitors involved in the case, the magnitude of the fine is unprecedented but then again, this is the most serious criminal offence a company can be convicted of.
