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14 Maternity Trusts to be Scrutinised as Part of National Investigation
Kirsty Allen
19 July 2021
R v Wood Treatment Limited - corporate manslaughter and the challenge of proving causation
The recent case of R v Wood Limited Treatment highlights the problems faced by prosecution authorities in proving causation for the purposes of establishing criminal liability for corporate manslaughter.
7 April 2021
Environmental Law Quarterly Update - Q1 2021
This quarterly environmental law update provides a summary of a cross section of news stories in the period Jan 2021 - March 2021.
1 April 2021
Arrests of care home workers following COVID-19 outbreaks: a review of criminal liability
In late February 2021 a news article reported that a care home worker had been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter after a patient died of COVID-19. In late March 2021, two further care home workers were arrested on suspicion of wilful neglect. We look at how those working in care homes can potentially face criminal liability in respect of COVID-19 cases.
1 March 2021
Thames Water fined for “entirely foreseeable” pollution
Thames Water was sentenced on Friday 26 February 2021 to a fine of £2.3m and ordered to pay costs of almost £90,000. The case is noteworthy both because of the level of the fine imposed and because the Environment Agency (“EA”) uses criminal prosecutions as a means of enforcement relatively rarely.
17 December 2020
You are what you package your food in - Food Standards Agency consults on changes to food contact materials offences
On 4 November 2020, the Food Standards Agency (“FSA”) launched a consultation seeking views on proposed changes to the offences for non-compliance under the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2012 (the “Regulations”).