Abstract
Food poisoning cases are relatively common; medical professionals who make mistakes are at risk of adverse headlines; drug dealers cause moral outrage when their customers die, or they fail to seek medical attention for friends who have overdosed. Increasingly, the legal options include criminal prosecution. This article looks beyond general negligence principles and considers how criminal liability has taken shape in recent cases. An analysis of some case examples shows a distinct lack of legal principle and wide factual tests for juries, which leave businesses, healthcare professionals and the nefarious open to criminal prosecution for manslaughter with little certainty as to outcome
| Original language | English |
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| Type | Legal magazine |
| Media of output | Print and online |
| Publisher | LexisNexis |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 02683784 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 02683784 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2022 |
