Parking fine appeal success varies between council areas – BBC News
‘The likelihood of successfully challenging parking fines varies widely depending on where drivers get a ticket, research has shown.’
BBC News, 5th April 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: fines
Fine for senior partner who “accidentally” discriminated against colleague on grounds of age and religion – Legal Futures
‘A senior partner who was found by an employment tribunal to have discriminated against, harassed and victimised a former equity partner at his firm, has been fined £2,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT), which found his culpability to be “low” as his behaviour had “just crossed the line into discrimination”.’
Legal Futures, 3rd April 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Serious Fraud Office boss warns big names to play ball – or else – The Guardian
‘David Green, the director of the Serious Fraud Office, has warned that British businesses should not consider deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) the “new normal” if they are caught misbehaving.’
The Guardian, 2nd April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
City watchdog fines banker for using WhatsApp in industry first – Daily Telegraph
‘The UK’s financial watchdog has fined a former investment banker more than £37,000 after he used WhatsApp to leak information and “impress” a friend.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme Court backs regulator in investment bank management identification case – OUT-LAW.com
‘The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) did not improperly identify a manager at an investment bank in its final notice imposing a fine on that bank for losses incurred in a particular part of the business, the Supreme Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th March 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Tesco fined £129m for overstating profits – BBC News
‘Tesco has agreed to pay a fine of £129m to avoid prosecution for overstating its profits in 2014.’
BBC News, 28th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BT fined record £42m for late installations – BBC News
‘BT has been hit with a £42m fine from telecoms regulator Ofcom and will also pay £300m to corporate customers for delays in installing high-speed lines.’
BBC News, 27th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Plusnet fined £880,000 for charging more than 1,000 ex-customers – The Guardian
‘Plusnet, the BT-owned broadband and landline company, has been fined almost £900,000 by Ofcom for continuing to charge more than 1,000 customers even though they had cancelled their accounts.’
The Guardian, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Thames Water fined £20m for sewage spill – BBC News
‘Thames Water has been fined a record £20m after pumping nearly 1.5 billion litres of untreated sewage into the River Thames.’
BBC News, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Conservative Party fined £70,000 after investigation finds ‘significant’ election campaign expenses issues – The Independent
‘The Electoral Commission has fined the Conservative Party £70,000 over “significant” election campaign expenses issues.’
The Independent, 16th March 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Liverpool ‘lack of care’ home owners fined £80k over ‘dangerous, dirty’ conditions – BBC News
‘Two brothers who ran a care home where elderly residents lived in squalor have been fined more than £80,000.’
BBC News, 6th March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Fines for using mobile phone while driving to double – The Independent
‘Drivers caught using their mobile phone behind the wheel face tougher penalties from Wednesday.’
The Independent, 28th February 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Southwark council fined £570,000 over fatal tower block fire – The Guardian
‘The London fire brigade has said it hopes “lessons are learned” after a council was fined £570,000 over safety failings at a 14-storey block of flats where six people died in a fire.’
The Guardian, 28th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Health and safety: Do higher fines and tougher enforcement make for more appeals? – OUT-LAW.com
‘The introduction of the Definitive Sentencing Guideline for Health and Safety, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety and Hygiene Offences in February 2016 has resulted in a huge shift in the punishment of safety offences.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st February 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
Man jailed for shooting cats in Surrey – The Guardian
‘A man has been jailed over a shooting spree that led to one cat’s death and left six others injured.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The legal landscape on cybersecurity is changing with stiffer fines for breaches on the way, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
‘Organisations face stiffer obligations on the security measures they must put in place to prevent their systems and data being compromised as well as new duties to disclose major incidents or breaches they experience.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th February 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
UK bosses face tougher punishments over corporate pay rules – The Guardian
‘Boardroom bosses face tougher punishments when they break financial reporting rules under proposals being submitted to the government by the body which polices corporate behaviour.’
The Guardian, 16th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New ‘automatic online conviction procedure’ to be set up by the UK government – OUT-LAW.com
‘People guilty of “low level” offences in England and Wales will be able to accept and pay penalties and avoid having to appear before court under a new online process to be set up by the UK government.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th February 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
