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CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER

CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER. Colin Ettinger Vice President. ASSOCIATION OF PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS. Over 5,200 members Lawyers predominantly acting for injured people APIL does not generate business on behalf of its members. AIMS OF APIL.

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CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER

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  1. CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER Colin Ettinger Vice President

  2. ASSOCIATION OF PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS • Over 5,200 members • Lawyers predominantly acting for injured people • APIL does not generate business on behalf of its members

  3. AIMS OF APIL • To promote full and prompt compensation for all types of personal injury • To improve access to our legal system by all means including education, exchange of information and enhancement of law reform • To alert the public to dangers in society such as harmful products and dangerous drugs • To provide a communication network exchanging views formally and informally • To promote health and safety

  4. APIL supports the introduction of a law to overcome the difficulties in prosecuting companies for manslaughter • Such a law should extend to all organisations, including incorporated organisations • Crown immunity should not apply in respect of this law

  5. Fines must be appropriate to the offence. Account should be taken of: • Turnover • Assets Note : Importance of Civil actions

  6. Legislation should be reformed to ensure that individual directors’ responsibility for health and safety is enshrined in law

  7. INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS • Fines • Disqualification • Imprisonment

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