Journal article
Criminal liability for workplace deaths in Queensland: a case against industrial manslaughter
The Queensland lawyer, Vol.36(4), pp.127-141
2016
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Abstract
Nothing is more damaging to a modern society than when a worker dies at their place of employment. When the death can be attributed to the employer failing in its most basic of duties to render that workplace as safe as reasonably possible, the attribution of blame is followed quickly by calls to attribute liability. In the criminal law realm this has led some scholars and practitioners to call for the creation of a specific "industrial manslaughter" offence. The purpose of this article is to present an argument that the creation of such an offence is unnecessary in Queensland, where the existing provisions of the Criminal Code and the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld) act in conjunction to capture the offending by both corporate entities and their senior directors.
Details
- Title
- Criminal liability for workplace deaths in Queensland: a case against industrial manslaughter
- Creators
- Brendan Walker-Munro
- Publication Details
- The Queensland lawyer, Vol.36(4), pp.127-141
- Publisher
- Lawbook Co.
- Identifiers
- 991013167311302368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article