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Corporate Manslaughter

The first Corporate Manslaughter case in the UK has been adjourned due to the ill health of the Defendant.

The case started on Tues 23 Feb at Bristol Crown Court where the Judge directed that it would be unfair to expect the defendant to appear in such a state of ill health.

The CEO of Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings faces Corporate Manslaughter and Gross Negligence Manslaughter charges over the death of a worker in 2008.

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Corporate Manslaughter

The first Corporate Manslaughter case starts in Bristol Crown Court today.

We reported on the particulars to the case the other day.

Watch this space

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Corporate Manslaughter Case

Gloucestershire company Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings has become the first firm in the UK to be charged under the new corporate manslaughter laws.

It’s over the death of Alexander Wright on 5 September 2008. Mr Wright, a junior geologist, was taking soil samples inside specially-dug pit when the sides collapsed and crushed him.

The case is being heard on the 23 Feb 2010 at Bristol Crown Court.