D&O Insurance explained - an introduction. One of the most discussed and least understood insurance products is Directors & Officers Liability (D&O) insurance. Market watchers note that even some lawyers have their problems comprehending what kind of coverage the insured managers have.
The last executions UK took place in 1964, and the death penalty was abolished in 1998. In 2004 the UK became a party to the 13th Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights and prohibited the restoration of the death penalty.eath penalty, capital punishment, or execution is the legal process of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime. Modern History of Death Penalty. 1608 - Earliest death penalty in the British American Colonies handed out for treason.
Latest Developments. In 1988 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the death penalty for crimes committed by offenders before reaching the age of 16, but a year later the court refused to hear a case that would have extended the same protection to 16 and 17-year-olds.