[2007] EWCA Crim 1759

A fine of £400,000 imposed on a large cement manufacturer for failure to comply with a condition contained in an Environment Agency permit relating to checking and maintaining plant and equipment, with the result that that a kiln door worked loose on its hinges and allowed cement dust to escape into the atmosphere, was quashed as manifestly excessive. A fine of £50,000 was substituted.

CA (Crim Div) (Maurice Kay LJ, Tugendhat J, Judge Chapman)

18/07/2007