Laura Cameron, partner at Pinsent Masons, says: «Many of those currently subject to proceedings may be well advised to
enter early guilty pleas in appropriate cases in order to expedite their cases.»
These factors included that the
guilty pleas of the two directors and the company came at a relatively
early opportunity (the charges were laid in December 2013 and the
guilty pleas were
entered in October 2014), trial dates were never set, and, it is the authors» understanding, neither of the directors had prior convictions under the OHSA.