Not so fine! £500,000 fine for corporate manslaughter and £100,000 fine for health and safety offences causing death.

Fines of seldom less than £500,000 and £100,000 respectively will be handed out to organisations guilty of corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death under the Sentencing Guidelines Council's guidelines published on 10 February.

Beware, these figures are just the starting point - the fines imposed could be much higher. These guidelines will apply to organisations sentenced on or after 15 February 2010.

Wragge & Co's regulatory experts review and comment upon the guidelines.