Corporate killing group
18 Apr 05
Membership of corporate homicide group announced
Minister for Justice Cathy Jamieson has announced membership of the Executive's expert group on corporate homicide.
The group has been set up to review the law in Scotland on corporate liability, submitting a report to the Minister of Justice by the summer.
Organisations with an interest in the issue were invited by the Executive to nominate members. These included the STUC, the CBI, the Crown Office and the Health and Safety Executive.
The expert group will be chaired by Richard Scott, Head of Criminal Justice Division at the Scottish Executive. Its members are:
Ian Tasker - Health and Safety Officer, STUC.
Professor Russel Griggs - non-executive director of the IMES Group who specialises in onshore and offshore health and safety issues, representing the CBI.
John Downie - Scottish Parliamentary Office, Federation of Small Businesses.
Jim Brisbane - Deputy Crown Agent, Crown Office.
Michael Clancy - Director of Legal Reform at the Law Society of Scotland.
Patrick McGuire - STUC legal adviser on issues related to corporate killing and solicitor with legal firm Thompsons.
Stewart Campbell - Director, Health and Safety Executive Scotland.
Dave Whyte - lecturer at Stirling University with particular interest in workplace safety crimes.
Hazel Croall, Professor of Criminology at Glasgow Caledonian University, an expert on white collar and economic crime.
Karen Gillon MSP.