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By: Carolyn Roberts

Carolyn Roberts is a water and environment consultant and emeritus professor at Gresham College, London

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  • Litigation funding brought the Post Office to justice – now it’s time to take it to water companies

    Opinion

    Without litigation funding, the Post Office may have never seen justice. Now it’s time to use it against polluting water companies, writes environment consultant Carolyn Roberts Ofwat recently announced hefty fines for three water companies dumping sewage in our waterways.  Alongside regulatory pressure, collective opt-out legal action like the one I’m leading can play a [...]

    WHITSTABLE, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 09: People gather on Tankerton beach to protest against sewage discharges by Southern Water on October 9, 2022 in Whitstable, England. The regional wastewater treatment company, Southern Water, has been under scrutiny for its practices of releasing untreated sewage in the waters off the Kent coast. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

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