The corporate maslaughter and corporate homicide act introduced in 2007 set out a very clear offence which was designed to catch arrogant know- it- alls like Skipp.
As to whther or not an offence would stick would depend on the degree of negligence.
I suggest that there was evidence of recklessness on his part (ie a greater default than mere negligence) since he was expressly advised on numerous occasions that we, the operating pilots, had very serious concerns about operating from this runway which he was busy re-laying at night.
Of course, had the unthinkable happened, yours truly might well have been in the frame as well for knowingly operating an aircraft onto a runway that we had reason to believe was unsafe.