R v Cherrywood Investments Ltd, Mike Holland & Grant Oakes (2017)

Tom Kark QC and Fraser Coxhill prosecuted the company for Health and Safety Offences and Mike Holland and Grant Oakes for Gross Negligence Manslaughter.

The victim, fell while working on buildings next to Stanmer House and died in hospital month later. Gross Negligence Manslaughter and health and safety offences brought against the 2 individuals and a company who by breaching health and safety regulations allowed a man to fall to his death while working on a building site.  

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