"tim(yet another new home)" wrote in message
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The hotel manager, owner and two maintenance staff face up to five
years in jail if convicted of manslaughter.

This is the sort of nonsence that used to happen in the UK.

Each blames the other and no-one is convicted. Now the
rules in the UK have been changed so the responsibility
is farely and squarely with the owner. Unless the other
parties have done something stupid, like falsified the test
certificate or similar, they stand no chance of geting put
in the dock, which IMHO is how it should be.

Why? If it was the manager's job to ensure the tests are carried out, and
he didn't,
then why is the owner responsible?

If I own shares in a company that kills someone due to negligent
management, do I and
the other shareholders get prosecuted rather than the company's
management?

I was thinking, working owner (which this person appears to
be), not shareholders in a PLC

Why does he have a manager then?

What if the owner had no involvment in the day to day running of the hotel?

What if the owner popped in twice a year to check all was OK but left everything else
to the manager?

What if he popped in once a month?

What if he put in the manager's job description that all the necessary tests should
be carried out, but the manager didn't?

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Andy