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Item Corporate culpable homicide: Transco plc v HM Advocate(Edinburgh University Press, 2004) Chalmers, JamesThis article considers the decision of the High Court of Justiciary in Transco plc v HM Advocate, the first Scottish case to fully consider the potential criminal liability of corporations for culpable homicide. It considers the future prospects for such charges being successfully brought either within the existing legal framework, or after legislative reform.