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Title: Directors insuring against criminal OHS wrongdoing: the common law position
Author/Creator: Foster, Neil
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Business & Law, Newcastle Law School
Description: This paper considers the question of whether it is possible for company officers, who are fixed with personal liability for criminal occupational health and safety offences, to insure against such liability. It will also touch on related issues to do with indemnities being provided by companies. The paper focuses on the “common law” world, with particular reference to the UK and Australia.
Relation: AHRC Network Meeting: Holding Companies Accountable. Proceedings of the AHRC Network Meeting: Holding Companies Accountable (Berlin, Germany 1-2 October, 2010)
Relation: http://www.corporatecrimenetwork.org.uk/events_oct2010_berlin.html
Date: 2010
Publisher: Corporate Crime Network
Keyword(s): occupational health and safety; common law; insurance; liability
Resource Type: conference paper
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/935724

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