Legal Update – Gross Negligence Manslaughter v Corporate Manslaughter in the context of Health and Safety – Summer 2025

In this legal update from our sponsor, Carson McDowell, Solicitor Eilis Maguire gives us an overview of the difference between gross negligence manslaughter and corporate manslaughter, referencing a high profile case taken by HSE this spring, which resulted in a business owner sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison following guilty pleas to four counts of Gross Negligence Manslaughter and one offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

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