Man City fined £2m for delaying kick-offs 22 times – BBC News
‘Manchester City have been fined £2.09m for repeatedly coming out late for both the start of matches and after half-time.’
BBC News, 31st July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: fines
Stronger competition penalties prompt CMA policy review – OUT-LAW.com
‘The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is updating its guidance on competition-related administrative penalties, to reflect the enforcer’s expanded fining powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA).’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd July 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
BT fined more than £17m over ‘catastrophic’ 999 call failure – The Guardian
‘BT has been fined more than £17m for missing 14,000 emergency calls after technical faults caused the emergency call handling service to be disrupted for nearly 11 hours last summer.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Paying £240 holiday school fine was a no-brainer’ – BBC News
‘Mrs Melling and her husband Paul from Leyland, Lancashire, were each fined £120 after taking their children out of primary school for a trip to Egypt.’
BBC News, 18th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Firm fined £10,000 for over-charging from damages – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A West Yorkshire firm has been fined by the regulator for charging personal injury clients higher fees than allowed under the rules on damages-based agreements.’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th July 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
£36k fine for law firm which let millions pass through client account – Legal Futures
‘A specialist sports law firm has been fined £36,000, and its COFA rebuked, for allowing its client account to be used as a banking facility.’
Legal Futures, 10th July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Law firm fines should be a minimum of £5k, says SRA – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has proposed that any fine it imposes on law firms should be at least £5,000, as well as ending fines for solicitors convicted of drink-driving.’
Legal Futures, 1st July 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Parking fines are changing – here’s everything UK drivers need to know- The Independent
‘Parking authorities in the UK have published new car parking rules today that will affect all drivers in the country.’
The Independent, 27th June 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Welsh Water fined over mystery sewage dumps in River Wye – The Independent
‘A water company fined £90,000 for dumping sewage into a river has been unable to explain two of the spillages.’
The Independent, 22nd June 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Law firm fined for allowing COFA to steal £157,000 – Legal Futures
‘A law firm whose compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA) stole £157,000 has been fined for not having proper systems governing payments from client account.’
Legal Futures, 18th June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Landowner who cut down protected woodland fined – BBC News
‘A landowner who benefited from chopping down a protected woodland has been fined £1,500 and handed an £11,280 confiscation order.’
BBC News, 14th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Organisers fined over horse-loving teen’s death – BBC News
‘The organisers of a horse and carriage fun day have been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling £230,000 after a teenager was killed taking part in an event 12 years ago.’
BBC News, 15th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Met Police officer fined for grabbing woman in mistaken bus fare dodging arrest – The Independent
‘A Metropolitan Police officer who “manhandled” and wrongly arrested a woman for bus fare evasion in front of her distraught young son has been fined £1,500.’
The Independent, 15th June 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Illegal street trader fined for second time this year – BBC News
‘A street trader fined for illegally selling food out of a van was prosecuted again for doing the same thing days after his case was heard in court.’
BBC News, 10th June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Defendant jailed over failure to pay £167k fine issued for non-compliance with planning enforcement notice – Local Government Lawyer
‘A woman has been jailed for default of payment of a £167,378 fine issued after she failed to comply with a planning enforcement notice to remove structures she built on green belt land.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th June 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Ryanair and EasyJet among airlines fined £128m for ‘abusive practices’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Budget airlines including Ryanair and EasyJet have been fined a total of €150 million (£128 million) by Spain’s government for “abusive practices” including charging passengers for carry-on baggage.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st May 2024
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Law firm fined £12,400 for not making good on undertakings – Legal Futures
‘A law firm in Nottingham that failed to perform undertakings it gave on two property transactions – allowing another party to register a charge on one of them – has been fined £12,400.’
Legal Futures, 29th May 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Suspended sentence for farmer whose cows trampled man to death – BBC News
‘A farmer has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence and fined after his cattle trampled one dog walker to death and left another paralysed.’
BBC News, 29th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Pensioner fined for huge pile of scrap metal – BBC News
‘A pensioner has been fined thousands of pounds for illegally storing waste, including scrapped cars, at a site in Somerset.’
BBC News, 29th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Peers support widening SRA’s fining and investigative powers – Legal Futures
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) needs more powers to prevent misconduct by law firms involved in strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPPs), peers have urged.’
Legal Futures, 15th May 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
