RAC: Millions in private parking fines ‘charged illegally’ – BBC News
‘Millions of pounds of parking fines could have been charged illegally, according to the RAC Foundation.’
BBC News, 20th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: fines
Teacher fined for posting pro-Hitler image on Facebook aimed at Jews – Daily Telegraph
‘Mahmudul Choudhury faces losing job after admiting racially-aggravated offence aimed at Jews after sharing photo of former Nazi leader on Facebook.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Maximum benefit fraud fines could be increased to £5,000 – BBC News
‘The maximum administrative penalty for benefit fraud that can be offered as an alternative to prosecution could be doubled under government proposals.’
BBC News, 29th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
José Mourinho fined £25,000 for alleging ‘campaign’ against Chelsea – The Guardian
‘José Mourinho has been fined £25,000 and warned as to his future conduct by the Football Association after claiming a “campaign” was being mounted against Chelsea in the wake of last month’s draw at Southampton, though the manager has avoided a touchline ban for the comments.’
The Guardian, 28th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Phonepayplus Ltd v Ashraf and another – WLR Daily
Phonepayplus Ltd v Ashraf and another [2014] EWHC 4303 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 16
‘OFCOM had the power to delegate to the relevant “enforcement authority” under section 120 of the Communications Act 2003 all powers of enforcement of the provisions of the Code of Practice under the Act. It was implicit in the code that the provisions in it for imposing sanctions upon premium rate service providers for breach of the code were subject to the limitations set out in section 123(2) of the Act.’
WLR Daily, 19th December 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Pub chef and manager jailed over Christmas dinner that left a diner dead – The Guardian
‘A pub chef and his manager have both been jailed after a Christmas dinner served at their restaurant left a mother dead and dozens of other diners ill with food poisoning.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Parents face court over term-time break after schools split on permission – The Guardian
‘A Rotherham couple have fallen foul of a government crackdown on term-time holidays after they applied for permission to take their two children on a family trip and were told that their daughter’s school had approved the request but their son’s had turned it down.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Street butcher fined after boy loses hand in mincing machine – BBC News
‘A butcher has been fined £3,000 after a teenage apprentice’s hand was chopped off in a mincing machine.’
BBC News, 21st January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Director loses appeal against FCA fine and ban in conflict of interest case – OUT-LAW.com
‘A non-executive director who failed to declare a conflict of interest has lost her appeal against the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which had fined her £154,800 and banned her from holding a regulated financial services role.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th January 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
NHS trust fined £180,000 after patient suffers burns from overheated mattress – Local Government Lawyer
‘An NHS trust was fined £180,000 before Christmas after a patient suffered severe burns from a warming mattress.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th January 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Soho Theatre fined over fall that paralysed stage manager – BBC News
‘A theatre where a stage manager was paralysed in a fall through an unmarked balcony door on to the stage below has been fined £20,000.’
BBC News, 15th December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge criticises multi-millionaire tycoon over unpaid fine for illegally felling trees – Daily Telegraph
‘Sir John Thomas, the Lord Chief Justice, says ‘one law for rich and another for poor’ as he tells court penalty imposed on Philip Edward Day should not still be outstanding.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Determined deterrence – what next? – White Collar Crime Blog
‘The FCA’s Penalty Notices in the recent Spot FX Trading Investigation totalling £1.1 Bn set out very careful and thorough explanations of how the respective Penalties have been reached, identifying the relevant guidance and breaches of Principle. In the FCA’s Final Notice for Citibank for example, following the principles and guidance in the FCA’s Decision Procedures and Penalties Manual, the FCA expressly referred to five criteria: the need for “credible deterrence”, the nature, seriousness and impact of the breach, failures to respond adequately as regards conduct against the context of the LIBOR enforcement actions, Citibank’s previous disciplinary record and the discount applicable for settling terms “at an early stage of the Authority’s investigation”.’
White Collar Crime Blog, 28th November 2014
Source: www.2harecourt.com
‘Right to rent’ checks start in West Midlands – BBC News
‘Landlords in the West Midlands who fail to check whether prospective tenants are in the country legally will face a £3,000 fine, under a new rule expected to be rolled out across the UK.’
BBC News, 1st December 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Financial Conduct Authority hopes £1.5bn in fines will change behaviour – The Guardian
‘The City watchdog has hit financial firms with nearly £1.5bn of penalties so far this year – more than three times the record level of fines it levied in 2013.’
The Guardian, 23rd November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
South Lakes zoo fined for ‘threatening’ birds’ escape – BBC News
‘An animal park owner in Cumbria has been fined for allowing a “threatening” bird to escape.’
BBC News, 20th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
RBS fined £56m for IT meltdown – The Guardian
‘Royal Bank of Scotland has been fined £56m for a meltdown in its consumer systems that locked 6.5 million customers out of their bank accounts for days on end in June 2012.’
The Guardian, 20th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Barclays may face massive new penalty over currency rigging – The Guardian
‘Barclays could face a huge new penalty for rigging currency markets after pulling out at the 11th hour from the settlement talks that led to £2.6bn of fines being slapped on six other big players in the currency markets. Barclays will not be eligible for the 30% discount on the fines handed to its rivals in exchange for settling early after its surprise move not to participate in the settlement with US and UK regulators. The bank, which was the first to be fined for rigging Libor in 2012, is reported not to have agreed to the settlement with the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority and the US commodity futures trading commission because of continuing talks with another US regulator.’
The Guardian, 13th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Banks fined record £2bn over foreign exchange rigging – The Guardian
‘Regulators on both sides of Atlantic impose fines totalling £2bn on HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS, JP Morgan and Citigroup.’
The Guardian, 12th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
