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The Companies Act 2006
The Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”) received Royal Assent on 8 November 2006. The largest piece of legislation ever implemented in the UK at 1500 clauses, the Act is intended to simplify and modernise the existing company law regime, but also introduces wide-ranging reforms which will affect directors, auditors, company secretaries and shareholders of private, public and quoted companies.
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The Current Offence of 'Gross Negligence Manslaughter'
'Gross Negligence Manslaughter' is the most common manslaughter offence in the corporate environment, and is sometimes known as 'Corporate Manslaughter'. The concept behind 'Corporate Manslaughter' is that the courts apply the criminal law concept of 'blame', or culpability, to a civil law or corporate entity.
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