Keywords: work at height, fall, first week at work, corporate manslaughter,

High Court tells CPS to reconsider charges

Prosecutions and Claims |
01.02.2007

The High Court has ordered the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to review its decision not to bring manslaughter charges over the death of a 17-year-old who fell through a rooflight during his first week at work.

Following the ruling, Mick Antoniw of Thomsons solicitors, who brought the case ...

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