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Old 3rd Jul 2008, 13:20
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As I understand the new act all it really does is remove the loophole under the old legislation under which it was impossible to convict unless you could show a "controlling mind" at work. Since it was impossible to pin entire responsibility for an accident on one controlling mind, nobody ever got done. This act is surely an improvement, and unless there was gross negligence I would have thought it unlikely there would be a prosecution. Anyway, it's the corporation that would be found guilty, not individuals.

Moldiolidi, this is a criminal case and thus not a legal pot of gold.
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