Criminal conviction thrown for the owners of New Zealand island of Vulkan, where 22 died in eruption

Wellington, New Zealand – The owners of the island of Vulcan in New Zealand in which 22 tourists and local guides have died in eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors to keep Judge Friday.

The release of the decision followed Three-day hearing last October For the company owner in the city of Auckland where the charges appointed by the health and safety regulator in the workplace of New Zealand after the eruption of whakaari, also known as the white island.

Company, Whakaari Management – Run three brothers who have an active volcano in Novi Island – were ordered to pay for millions of dollars and restitution victims, who were mostly American and Australian ship passengers in a walking tour.

Lawyers for the company Appeal against criminal conviction the same month.

The case that hidden whether the management of whakeari – who received the Volcano Tourist and Scientific Groups, is collecting permits – should be in charge of security at the Volcano site under health and security laws on the New Zealand. Anyone in charge of the workplace must ensure the management of dangers and safety of everything there, including in the input and output points.

Survivors were trial apologized in emotional testimony during the trial for 2023. year They were not told that the active volcano was dangerous When they paid to visit him. They were not supplied with protective equipment, and many wore clothes that made their horrific burns harmful.

In the written solution on Friday, the Justice Simon Moore ruled the company that he was not obliged to ensure that the workplace for a walk was without risk and safety. He agreed with the company’s lawyers that the company only approved access to bare land for tourist business – and should not be legally regarded as an entity that managed or controlled by the workplace.

The case had far-reaching implications and has already changed the laws that have arranged the adventure tourism industry in New Zealand, which is often based on external excitement on or about numerous natural hazards in the country. Operators must now take all reasonable steps to inform customers of any serious risks.

The company’s lawyers said during the last October that the verdict would be allowed to fit, that would be that other landowners would reluctant to enable such activities to take place on their property – a proposal rejected by the regulator.