Asbos ban Trowbridge pensioners from feeding pigeons – BBC News
“Two pensioners have been given anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) stopping them feeding pigeons in Trowbridge for five years.”
BBC News, 10th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: environmental health
Spitting ban bids to turn back the clock – The Independent
“A council is attempting to outlaw spitting in public little more than 20 years after a national ban on the practice was lifted.”
The Independent, 8th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Sibsey poultry farm Moy Park fined for chicken smells – BBC News
“A Lincolnshire poultry farm has been fined for allowing ‘nauseating’ smells to affect nearby residents.”
BBC News, 24th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Takeaway manager jailed over Wrexham E.coli cases – BBC News
“A former Wrexham takeaway operator has been jailed for eight months and banned from running food businesses after admitting hygiene offences which led to an E. coli outbreak.”
BBC News, 9th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Clay company fined for polluting Dartmoor stream – BBC News
“A clay company has been fined for polluting a stream on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon.”
BBC News, 9th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
KFC fined after cockroach seen eating chip – The Guardian
“Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has been ordered to pay out almost £19,000 after a cockroach was found eating a chip in one of the busiest branches in Britain.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Parents sue over E.coli outbreak – Daily Telegraph
“Families are suing a hospital where two babies died following an E.coli outbreak after it emerged that staff may have spread the infection by not washing their hands.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Legal action prepared over E.coli – BBC News
“Wrexham Council has said it is preparing to take legal action following an outbreak of E.coli which affected four people earlier this year.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Meat firm fined over beck spill – BBC News
“A meat processing company in Lincolnshire has been fined £10,000 after ammonia escaped into a stream and killed 100 fish.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Toxic soup’ children win case – The Independent
“A group who blame their disabilities on their mothers’ exposure to toxic materials before their birth won a legal action today against a council it blames for their condition.”
The Independent, 29th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court’s reversal of pesticides decision prompts accusations of whitewash – The Guardian
“Court rules in favour of government after Georgina Downs last year won case based on ‘solid evidence’ of harm from crop spraying.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Food watchdog failed to prevent deadly E coli outbreak, says inquiry – The Guardian
“Hygiene watchdogs failed to deal with long-standing, repetitive failures at an abattoir behind the second-worst E coli outbreak in Britain, according to today’s report into the incident, which killed a five-year-old boy, put 31 people in hospital, struck 44 schools and involved 157 people.”
The Guardian, 19th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Firm fined £140,000 over smells – BBC News
“A firm whose Lincolnshire factory emitted smells which left residents feeling ill has been fined £140,000.”
BBC News, 19th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Campaigner wins pesticide victory – BBC News
“An environmental campaigner has won a legal victory in a long-running battle with the government over the use of pesticides.”
BBC News, 14th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Caterer prepared kebabs as corpse lay nearby – The Independent
“A catering company boss prepared kebabs just feet away from a dead man lying on a sofa, it was revealed today.”
The Independent, 14th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
R v RL and JF – WLR Daily
R v RL and JF [2008] EWCA Crim 1970; [2008] WLR (D) 299
“A prosecution for the strict liability offence of causing polluting matter to enter controlled waters could be brought against either a club, as an unincorporated association, in its own name or against individual members.”
WLR Daily, 2nd September 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Families hit by E coli outbreak may bring case against butcher – The Guardian
“Families of children who became ill during an outbreak of E coli that affected 150 people, mainly children, and claimed the life of one boy could take legal action against the butcher blamed for the crisis, a public inquiry heard yesterday.”
The Guardian, 13th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Coroner calls in police over fears of a cover-up on toxic water – The Times
“Police have been ordered to investigate claims that Britain’s worst water contamination was the subject of a cover-up.”
The Times, 14th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Council tax rebel claims a moral victory – The Times
“A woman who withheld her council tax after claiming that a decision to collect rubbish only twice a month had led to a rat infestation in her home yesterday claimed a moral victory in her battle with the authorities.”
The Times, 29th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
£185,000 in fines for householders who put rubbish out at wrong time – The Times
“Thousands of people across the country have been fined for putting out their rubbish on the wrong day. More than a dozen councils have levied fines since the introduction of legislation a year ago enabling local authorities to pursue residents, a Times investigation has found.”
The Times, 13th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
