The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 Coming into force on 6th April 2008, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 sought to broaden the law on corporate manslaughter in the UK, and to make prosecution of organisations easier when a corporate management failing caused a fatality. Before the Act, a corporation could only be convicted of manslaughter […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 11/08/2023
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 21/07/2023
As news headlines highlight, NHS waiting lists are worryingly long. Around 400,000 people are waiting over a year to receive their medical treatment. At the same time, it’s likely employees will suffer some form of physical or mental illness that requires treatment. One in two of us will get cancer in our lifetime. 16% of adults experience moderate to severe […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 07/07/2023
Are you aware of the 8 big risks to company directors and owners? Have you considered these: disqualification; criminal prosecution; custodial sentences; personal bankruptcy; loss of job; loss of profit; reputational damage; financial hardship; and family impacts? Any of these could emerge from a situation in which, while acting as a director or manager of a company, you fall foul of one of more than 90 UK regulators1, or are […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 23/06/2023
Summertime can be a huge buzz, but it also creates season-specific possible claims scenarios! If you’re deciding to become a newbie beekeeper, for instance, ensure you have adequate public liability insurance in place. If keeping hives on a public allotment, you really must also set your bees’ flight path correctly, preventing your neighbours from being engulfed by a swarm, and […]