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Appeal court upholds £250,000 fine
Background Sentencing Guidelines
• Blockage of sewage pumps caused a non-emergency Large Company
discharge of sewage into a brook and nearby
conservation area o Starting Point £60,000
• The utility company did not promptly respond to the o Range £35,000 to £150,000
alarms, allowing sewage to be discharged
Court of Appeal
Court Concluded “To bring the message home to the directors and
shareholders of the organisation which has offended
• Pollution Level upper end of Category 3 negligently more than once before, a substantial
• Level of Culpability = Negligence increase in the level of fines, sufficient to have a
material impact on the finances of the company as a
whole will ordinarily be appropriate”.
“This may result in fines measured in millions of pounds”
Total Fine £250,000
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