corporate manslaughter
Britishnoun
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Police officers investigating the Post Office Horizon IT scandal are now considering corporate manslaughter charges.
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Scotland Yard is carrying out its own investigation into possible crimes ranging from gross negligence manslaughter and corporate manslaughter to health and safety offences over the 2017 fire which killed 72 people.
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The Metropolitan Police is conducting its own investigation into possible crimes ranging from gross negligence manslaughter and corporate manslaughter to health and safety offences.
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Following the Ockenden Review, the findings of which are due to be published next year, she wants to see corporate manslaughter charges brought against the hospital trust.
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"Where there have been avoidable failings over period of 40 years, contributing to the deaths of hundreds of babies, dozens of mothers, and serious harm to babies, as far as I'm concerned, and my husband agrees, corporate manslaughter is the only way to force change," she said.
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