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16 December 2016

Issue: 7727 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court

R (Health and Safety Executive) v Conocophillips (UK) Ltd [2016] EWCA Crim 1594, [2016] All ER (D) 38 (Dec)

The Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, dismissed the defendant company’s application for leave to appeal against sentence, for three counts of being in contravention of a requirement imposed under a Regulation, contrary to s 33(1)(c) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. In all the circumstances, an overall fine of £3m, which had taken account of the mitigation and credit for a plea of guilty, had not been in any way arguably manifestly excessive.

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