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Fair fines (R v Thames Water Utilities Ltd)

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Published on: 14 August 2019
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Corporate Crime analysis: In July 2019, the Court of Appeal decided that a £2m fine imposed on Thames Water for its ‘reckless’ pollution of a stream in Milton-Under-Wychwood was proportionate, in R v Thames Water Utilities Ltd. Sailesh Mehta of Red Lion Chambers who appeared for the Crown, comments on the case.

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