More Court of Appeal guidelines on levels of fines

• Author:
• Mark Tyler

A recent Court of Appeal decision will have a major impact on the level of fines imposed for breaches of health and safety legislation.

Lord Justice Gibbs, giving judgment in the case of R -v- Colthrop Board Mill Ltd on 31 January (as yet unreported), said that although the remarks in a previous case that financial penalties in excess of £500,000 were reserved for cases of major public disasters, "what is important is that companies in the position of the appellant can expect to receiv... (434 more words)

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