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Six water firms in England ‘overcharged customers by up to £1.5bn’
Six water companies overcharged customers between £800m and £1.5bn by “significantly or systematically” underreporting the true scale of their sewage pollution of rivers and waterways, a tribunal has heard. Read more
‘STINKERS’ Water companies’ customers could share £800m in compensation from sewage discharges lawsuit
Customers of England’s biggest water companies could share £800million in compensation if a lawsuit which kicks off next week is eventually successful.
The class action, the first of its kind, will begin on Monday and consider whether the firms failed to reveal the scale of their sewage spills and overcharged customers as a result. Read more
British water companies fight $2 billion lawsuits over sewage pollution
Six British water companies under-reported sewage discharges and overcharged millions of customers up to 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion) as a result, lawyers bringing a landmark lawsuit told a London tribunal on Monday. Read more
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Six English water companies accused of overcharging customers by up to £1.5bn
Six water companies in England have been accused of overcharging customers between £800mn and £1.5bn by under-reporting the full scale of their sewage pollution, in a case that could pave the way for bill payers to receive hundreds of millions of pounds in refunds. In a competition appeals tribunal on Monday, lawyers for Carolyn Roberts, a former professor and environmental consultant, accused the privatised companies of abusing their monopoly position to mislead regulators over the amount of sewage they were discharging into rivers since 2015. Read more
How you could get money back on water bills as firms sued for £1.5bn
Six of the UK’s biggest water companies have been taken to court this week in a case that could see them pay £1.5bn in compensation to their customers.
The firms have been accused of under-reporting the number of raw sewage discharges they have made into waterways, allowing them to charge customers more than they would had they reported an accurate number. Read more
Millions of water and sewerage bill payers could get payouts if new legal claims succeed – here’s what you need to know
Millions of water and sewerage bill payers could be due compensation payouts of up to £109 each if a new set of group legal claims against several big water firms succeeds. It’s still early days and there are no guarantees, but here’s what you need to know. Read more
The Independent: Water firms face £800m legal action after ‘underreporting sewage discharges’
Six English water companies will face legal action over allegations of underreporting pollution incidents and “unfairly overcharging” customers. Read more
BBC: Water bills: Fight for money back over sewage leaks begins
The UK’s six biggest water firms are facing legal action over claims they underreported pollution and overcharged customers.
Severn Trent is the first in line, with claims against the other firms expected in the coming months.
A law firm says it could result in customers on average receiving £40 each, but the process could take years and there is no guarantee of success. Read more
The Times: Water firms could owe compensation to 20m customers over pollution
About 20 million people could receive compensation from water companies via a legal claim alleging that firms have underreported sewage pollution.
The first claim is being brought at the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) against Severn Trent, but further claims will be brought in the coming months against five other water companies. Read more
Sky News: Water firms facing legal action over claims of pollution and customer overcharging
Six English water companies are facing legal action over allegations they under-reported pollution discharges and overcharged customers as a result. Read more
ITV News: Water firms face legal action over claims of underreporting sewage discharges
Six English water companies are to face legal action over allegations of underreporting pollution incidents and overcharging customers. Read more
The Guardian: Public could receive hundreds of millions as water firms face sewage lawsuit
The public could receive hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation in the first class action against water companies which are alleged to have failed to reveal the true scale of raw sewage discharges, and abused their position as privatised monopolies. Read more
PRESS RELEASES
Thames Water to appear at joint hearing as the last of six legal claims issued against UK water companies
Thames Water is the last of six UK water companies to have a legal claim issued against it for allegedly misleading its regulators as to the number of discharges of untreated sewage it made into rivers, lakes, coastal areas, and other waterways causing damage to the environment. Read more
Five UK water companies appear in court for the first time in relation to allegations of underreporting pollution incidents and overcharging customers as a result
A date has been set for the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) to consider claims being brought on behalf of millions of overcharged household water customers against Severn Trent Water, United Utilities Water, Yorkshire Water, Northumbrian Water and Anglian Water. Read more
First environmental collective action claim launched on behalf of millions of customers overcharged by water companies
Law firm Leigh Day plans to file the UK’s first-ever “environmental” collective action against several wastewater companies accused of breaching the country’s antitrust rules, a week after an economic consultancy urged the country’s competition authority to open a probe based on the same allegations. Read more
Landmark class action claim targets wastewater companies
Law firm Leigh Day plans to file the UK’s first-ever “environmental” collective action against several wastewater companies accused of breaching the country’s antitrust rules, a week after an economic consultancy urged the country’s competition authority to open a probe based on the same allegations. Read more
Litigation funding secured for opt-out competition claims against UK water and sewerage companies
Law firm Leigh Day plans to file the UK’s first-ever “environmental” collective action against several wastewater companies accused of breaching the country’s antitrust rules, a week after an economic consultancy urged the country’s competition authority to open a probe based on the same allegations. Read more