LRD guides and handbook October 2021

Health and Safety Law 2021

Chapter 3

Culpable homicide Bill

[ch 3: page 62]

In Scotland, there has not been a single charge under the CMCHA 2007, never mind a conviction. An attempt by the Labour MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Claire Baker, to “plug the justice deficit” through a culpable homicide Bill was unsuccessful.