Publication Name: PESA News
Publication Issue: 120
Date Published: October 2012
Number of Pages: 2
Abstract:
Lawyers are an engineer's new best friend. Why? Engineers working in Australia could be held personally liable for their designs where someone using or working on it dies or is injured in a workplace accident. Although corporate manslaughter currently exists in England, the concept was rejected in the recent review and harmonisation of health and safety laws around Australia.