In responding to the Williams Review into gross negligence manslaughter in a medical setting, Medical Protection Society called for English law adopt approach currently relied upon Scotland. This article provides an overview of culpable homicide, before considering how any novel offence based on Scots could be introduced England and Wales. The benefits homicide over are addressed, with consider...

OBJECTIVES To quantify the number of doctors charged with manslaughter in the course of legitimate medical practice and to classify cases, as mistakes, slips (or lapses), and violations, using a recognized classification of human error system. DESIGN We searched newspaper databases, Medline, Embase, and the Wellcome library catalogue to identify relevant cases from 1795 to December 2005. SE...

A person was convicted of manslaughter on a charge of operating a motor vehicle on a public highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and he appealed to the supreme court. After the accident out of which the charge of manslaughter arose, the defendant remained unconscious for about 48 hours. While unconscious he was arrested and taken into custody by the police and treated for hi...

Recent rail accidents in the UK have focussed public attention on the role that companies play in the causes of incidents and accidents. Partly in response, the Westminster parliament has published proposals to change the legislation on corporate manslaughter. Other accidents have had a similar impact in other countries. For example, the 2006 mining accident in Sago, West Virginia has prompted ...