In 1996 the collision was one of the events cited by the Law Commission as reason for new law on manslaughter, resulting in the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.
In English law, a corporation is a juristic person and is capable of committing, and being convicted of and sentenced for, a criminal offence.
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