Identifying the accused

This section outlines the various legal entities - for example, individuals, companies, charities, partnerships and trusts - that may be prosecuted for health and safety offences. There are different procedures for prosecuting these different entities and it is important to use the right procedure.

• Introduction
• Companies
• Partnerships
• Other offenders
• Foreign offenders
• Insolvency
• Prosecution of individuals
• Proceeding against employees
• Proceeding against Crown employees
• Proceeding against directors, etc