Corporate manslaughter

摘要

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 received Royal Assent on 26 July 2007, and comes into force on the 6 April 2008, after which manslaughter will no longer be necessarily considered a crime that only a single individual can commit. The Act has ramifications for anaesthetists as employees of a corporate body (that is, an NHS Trust), particularly those involved in senior management