Does anyone know if the Corporate Manslaughter Act applies in this case? From my reading of the act it may just apply.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2007...0070019_en.pdf
4 Military activities
(1) Any duty of care owed by the Ministry of Defence in respect of—
(a) operations within subsection (2),
(b) activities carried on in preparation for, or directly in support of, such
operations, or
(c) training of a hazardous nature, or training carried out in a hazardous
way, which it is considered needs to be carried out, or carried out in
that way, in order to improve or maintain the effectiveness of the armed
forces with respect to such operations,
is not a “relevant duty of care”.
(2) The operations within this subsection are operations, including peacekeeping
operations and operations for dealing with terrorism, civil unrest or serious
public disorder, in the course of which members of the armed forces come
under attack or face the threat of attack or violent resistance.
(3) Any duty of care owed by the Ministry of Defence in respect of activities
carried on by members of the special forces is not a “relevant duty of care”.
(4) In this section “the special forces” means those units of the armed forces the
maintenance of whose capabilities is the responsibility of the Director of
Special Forces or which are for the time being subject to the operational
command of that Director.
(I highlighted the text in red - Adminblunty)
I hope it does, it might concentrate a few minds in the future.