Product liability annual review *

United Kingdom - December 10 2012
Following the UK's first corporate manslaughter conviction of Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Limited in 2011, the last 12 months have seen two further convictions under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

Co-authors: John Leadley.

New power for magistrates to impose unlimited fines on corporations and directors *

United Kingdom - July 14 2012
The legislation regulating the behaviour of corporations and their officers has grown sharper teeth as a result of changes in the Legal Aid, Sentencing & Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, which received Royal Assent in May.

Co-authors: Joanna Ludlam, John Leadley.

Liability of parent companies for actions of their subsidiaries *

United Kingdom - May 29 2012
In Chandler v Cape Plc [2012] EWCA Civ 525, the Court of Appeal held that a parent company owed a duty of care to a claimant who had worked for one of its subsidiaries over 50 years ago, in circumstances where the subsidiary had been subsequently dissolved.

Contingency fees are in, CFA success fees and recovery of ATE premiums are out *

United Kingdom - May 9 2012
Lord Jackson's long awaited litigation funding reforms have finally been enacted.

Co-authors: Nicola Gare, John Leadley.