Corporate Responsibility

Calling all Directors...Part 1

Jennifer Sewell, January 31 2025

Here at Sewell Law, we work with lots of Directors and decision makers. Directors come in all shapes and sizes. There is no exam to pass or qualification to take before being appointed a Director. Sometimes Directors do not fully appreciate the duties and obligations on them. This can lead to a Director finding themselves in hot water and needing...

Legal Insights

As a director can I be prosecuted for health and safety failings in my company? Yes.

Gordon Sewell, May 10 2024

This can occur in circumstances where the offence in question has been committed with the consent or connivance of the individual or when the offence was attributable to any neglect on the part of the director or manager. In this situation, consent, connivance and neglect have the following