Corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter

Jim Meyer has been instructed to act behalf of a company (Mobile Sweepers (Reading) Limited accused of corporate manslaughter, together with various health and safety offences. Such cases are rare, but what makes this unique is that the Director (Mervyn Owens) is facing linked charges of gross negligence manslaughter as well as health and safety offences under s37 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (Jim is also acting for the director).