corporate manslaughter

noun

1. law the death of someone caused by an act of corporate negligence

Example Sentences

In his evidence to the inquiry, former health secretary Andy Burnham suggested there may be grounds for charges of corporate manslaughter, external in the UK.

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Another ex-health secretary Andy Burnham, now the Labour mayor of Manchester, said successive governments had "comprehensively failed" the victims over five decades and suggested there may be a case for charges of corporate manslaughter in the future.

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The former health secretary told the BBC corporate manslaughter charges should be brought, and backed Sir Brian's calls for civil servants to be subject to a "duty of candour" law, which would force them to "tell the truth at the first time of asking".

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In his evidence to the inquiry, former health secretary Andy Burnham suggested there may be grounds for charges of corporate manslaughter, external in the UK.

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In 2017, Essex Police launched a corporate manslaughter investigation into the deaths of 25 patients at nine mental health units, but there were no charges.

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