Grenfell: Where does criminal liability sit across complex corporate structures?

Sailesh Mehta has commented on the complex issues facing prosecutors as they consider potential criminal charges arising from the Grenfell Tower investigation.The potential charges under consideration include corporate manslaughter, gross negligence manslaughter, health and safety offences, fraud and misconduct in public office.

In an interview with Law 360, Sailesh examines the path from public inquiry findings to potential criminal prosecution and discusses the challenges around causation, culpability and identifying the appropriate corporate and individual defendants. His comments feature in a Law360 article available for subscribers here.