Corporate liability for manslaughter: the need for further reform

Aidan Ricketts, University of the South Pacific
Heidi Avolio, Wilson Ryan Grose Lawyers

Abstract

Common law principles underpinning corporate criminal responsibility for death by corporate negligence - statutory reform in Australia and the UK - need for further reform encompassing an aggregation of corporate negligence, the abandonment of the strict requirements of mens rea and new sentencing options.