The Corporate Manslaughter Act: Goals and Expectations?
In this paper Dr Simon Daniels provides a critical assessment of the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007 and why it is struggling to improve on the common law crime of manslaughter....Read more
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Dr Simon Daniels is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, with a background in private practice representing Clients in maritime, criminal and commercial litigation. Simon has brought his professional background to the academic field, as Senior Lecturer in Maritime Law at Southampton Solent University, where he teaches in the School of Professional Studies at Warsash Maritime Academy, one of the world's leading centres of excellence in training for merchant shipping professionals. Simon manages the dedicated maritime law units as well as the BSc (Hons) Degree course in Marine Operations Management. He has also written and presented a number of papers on current law, in subjects associated with marine law as well as the accountability of the company director in corporate manslaughter. Most recently his focus has been on the Maritime Labour Convention, which the UK ratified in August 2013. Simon has a particular interest in the field of the criminalisation of the Ship’s Master which harnesses his professional career to his background in the maritime industry and in 2012 was awarded a PhD for his thesis: The Criminalisation of the Ship’s Master. A new approach for the new millennium. Simon has close ties with the United States and has carried out a substantial research project on Britain’s involvement in the American Civil War. In October 2005, Simon was admitted to Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators. In 2006 he was made a Freeman By Redemption of the City of London.