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Where?
by authority- Kirklees Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency) €3,182 100 % · 1 case
What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
Who?
by company- Anonymised companies €25.9m 32 % · 17 cases
- Capita plc und Capita Pension Solutions Limited €16.1m 20 % · 1 case
- Platinum Gaming Limited €11.5m 14 % · 1 case
- Evolution Malta Holding Limited €5.57m 7 % · 1 case
- Automobile Association Developments Limited (AA Driving School, BSM Driving School) €4.83m 6 % · 1 case
- Biffa Waste Services Ltd €2.85m 4 % · 1 case
- Spreadex Limited €2.38m 3 % · 1 case
- PPB Entertainment Limited, PPB Counterparty Services Limited, Betfair Casino Limited u. a. (4 Lizenznehmer, Paddy Power Betfair) €2.28m 3 % · 1 case
- AG Communications Limited €1.43m 2 % · 1 case
- Britischer Exporteur (von HMRC nicht genannt, anonymisiert) €1.34m 2 % · 1 case
- 23 more€5.68m
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q4 2023 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | €3,182 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2026 | 0 | – |
1 case
9 Jan 2025 Liquipak LtdBleach into surface water drain: more than 800 dead fish – packing company convicted €3,182
After a wooden pallet collapsed in 2021, sodium hypochlorite (bleach) ran into a manhole that the specialist packing company believed led to the foul sewer; in fact it discharged into the River Holme, and more than 800 fish died. Fine of 2,666.67 GBP after an early guilty plea, 8,973.67 GBP in total including costs and victim surcharge. According to its annual accounts, the business had an average of 25 employees.
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Knowledge of site drainage and reporting of spills
- Authority / court
- Kirklees Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Regulation 12(1)(b) und 38(1)(a) Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- Under 50
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Early guilty plea, full cooperation, clean-up and new storage and handling procedures
- Published
- 24 Jan 2025
Original amount 2,666.67 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 9 Jan 2025.
- Yorkshire company fined for polluting river with bleach (Environment Agency) Press release of an authority
- Companies House: Registereintrag Liquipak Limited (10691734) Official register or notice
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link