Corporate manslaughter: cases opened by CPS up 40% in 2012: Of the 141 corporate manslaughter cases opened in England and Wales since records began in 2009, the CPS is currently investigating 56 with a view to prosecution. 63 cases were opened in 2012, up from 45 in 2011 and 26 in 2010, according to the figures.
Changes to the law from April 2008 meant that large and medium-sized companies could be found guilty of corporate manslaughter for deaths as a result of proven negligence by the organisation's management. Although there have only been three convictions under the new laws to date, health and safety law expert Simon Joyston-Bechal of Pinsent Masons said that the new figures showed this was "just the tip of an iceberg".
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