Thompsons Scotland co-sponsor Major Conference on Corporate Homicide Reform in Scotland

19/09/05

As the Scottish Executive considers the views of it?s Expert Panel on Corporate Homicide, this conference brings together the Scottish Executive, employers, trade unions, NHS and Local Government Employers, lawyers and members of the Executive's Panel - to discuss what reform is required to the law of Corporate Homicide in Scotland.
The Conference takes place on October 6th at Partick Burgh Hall in Glasgow is supported by the Centre for Corporate Accountability and co-sponsored by Thompsons Scotland and the STUC
The Conference will consider whether there is a real Scottish alternative to the Westminister reform and what this alternative may be. It will look at what should be the nature of any Scottish offence, how it should apply to crown and public bodies, whether it should deal with the accountability of individual directors and what sentences should be available to the courts. It will also consider whether any reforms should also deal with offences involving serious injury
Speakers Include
Patrick Maguire Thompsons Solicitors, Corporate Homicide Expert Panel Member
Prof Hazel Croall Strathclyde University, Corporate Homicide Expert Panel Member
David Bergman Centre for Corporate Accountability
Geraint Day Institute of Directors, Head of Health, Environment and Transport Policy
Prof. Russel Griggs, CBI, Corporate Homicide Expert Panel Member
Hilary Robertson, Director, NHS Confederation, Scotland

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