British Homes Stores.

Okay, let me get this straight. The Legal Entity known as British Homes Stores PLC, collapsed, thousands of people lost their jobs, and a Pension Liability seems to be unmet, as well. My first instinct is to say, well, we're in the middle of a Recession/Depression, and BHS's usual customers, are suffering a loss of disposable income, and so buy far less, than before. And then, we look a bit deeper. It turns out, that the next to last Owner, of BHS, had extracted considerable assets from BHS, in a payment of one billion pounds, to his wife, in a Tax Haven. Still, not a problem, he owned it 100% so, in effect, he depleted his own asset, to himself. No crime there. Except maybe Tax issues. But hang on. BHS PLC, was a Legal Entity in it's own right. In effect, in the eyes of the law, it was a 'Person.' It was a 'Person,' with 'relatives', and 'dependents'. It could be said, it's Pensioners and Staff, are those Relatives, and Dependents. This changes things, for if BHS is viewed as a Legal Person, an Individual with rights and responsibilities, then undermining the Health of that individual, to the point where that individual ceases to 'live,' that is, ceases to be able to act as a person, and meet it's own responsibilities, could be viewed, as Murder. If your actions, lead to the death, of a 'Person,' then Murder, or even Manslaughter, may be appropriate charges to face. So, actions that deprive the Dependents of a Person, of the benefits they reasonably would have expected to receive from that Person, would at the very least demand appropriate compensation. So, the fellow who helped himself to an £800 million pound Capital Gain, via the back door, should be liable to compensate the dependents of the Person he undermined through his actions.