“The number of fines and bans handed out by the Financial Services Authority is on course for a record this year as the City watchdog steps up its ‘get tough’ approach to regulation.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Anti-social behaviour fines have been criticised for being inherently ‘flawed’ after figures showed half are never paid.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th May 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Magistrates want ministers to halt the widening of on-the-spot fines for offenders, warning that serious crimes are not reaching the courts. They have told Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, that the use of the fines in cases involving assault is undermining confidence in the justice system.”
The Times, 5th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand cannot be made to pay the £150,000 BBC fine by law, regulator Ofcom has said.”
BBC News, 5th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Foreign drivers will have to pay on-the-spot fines of up to £900 for flouting traffic laws under new legislation to be introduced next month.”
The Times, 6th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A motorist who hurled an £80 parking ticket at an attendant in a fit of rage has been fined or littering.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man was awarded £20,000 in damages after claiming he was distressed by parking fines totalling £200.”
BBC News, 8th February 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Magistrates have won a first-round battle over the growing use of on-the-spot fines, which they warn, are undermining public confidence in the justice system.”
The Times, 5th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A Greater Manchester council has been fined £25,000 after a four-year-old boy was impaled on a tree branch during a nursery school outing.”
BBC News, 26th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Plans to increase the number of offences punishable by on-the-spot fines have been delayed amid concerns voiced by magistrates.”
BBC News, 20th January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Owners and skippers of six vessels that work out of one of Britain’s most important fishing ports weretoday ordered to pay more than £200,000 for fiddling catch quotas.”
The Guardian, 6th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An 81-year-old motorist who admitted killing two elderly women by knocking them down as they crossed the road near their home has been fined £1,000.”
BBC News, 18th December 2008
Source: www.bbc,co.uk
“The distraught family of the teenager who fell to her death from a white-knuckle ride condemned a £250,000 fine for the company running the theme park today as ‘far too little’.”
The Independent, 18th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Out-of-court punishments accounted for more than half of all offences dealt with by the criminal justice system last year, according to figures published today.”
The Times, 27th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Yobs caught with knives are escaping with as little as a £1 fine, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A leading judge has told the BBC he fears a conflict of interest as courts increasingly depend on income from fines and confiscations to operate.”
BBC News, 18th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The former owner of a nursery, where a toddler died after getting her neck trapped in the drawstring of a bag, was fined £35,000 yesterday for breaking health and safety regulations.”
The Guardian, 30th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A healthcare trust has been ordered to pay £20,000 following the death of a man who was scalded in a bath.”
BBC News, 15th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Trust
Court of Appeal
“It was against the public interest to punish by a large fine a not-for-profit organisation, carrying out work for the public benefit, where a failing occurred without fault on the part of that body, but through an act or default of an employee, to whom the task was properly delegated and who was properly trained.”
The Times, 10th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A council has been fined a maximum £45,000 after a teacher fell down a lift shaft backstage at a theatre while preparing for the Urdd eisteddfod.”
BBC News, 9th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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