It has been a heavy day, so this is a short blog to make clear what happened today at the High Court.
Mr Justice Leech handed down a decision that will allow the proposed Thames Water restructuring plan that will result in just under £1billion of customers' bills being spent on lawyers' fees, advisors and interest payments to creditors- in about 6 months.
Basically a massive waste of the money paid in by customers hit by big bill rises, simply to keep a gravy train for shareholders, creditors and senior executives running with our cash.
All this is happening simply because, when the financial shambles became obvious, the government failed to place Thames Water into Special Administration; a process designed to stop this lunacy happening.
The only people to raise a voice for the public as Ofwat and government shirked their responsibilities, were the WASP team, when we wrote to the court to ask to give evidence in December, and our MP, Charlie Maynard who represented us and worked with a legal team representing us all FOR FREE!
Huge thank you to the Barrister team, led by William Day and the Marriott Harrison instructing solicitors team led by Brett Israel.
Thames Water will spend over £200M of our money on its legal fees - a bitter irony that we are forced fund our own exploitation.
However, this game is not over. We are in extra time, a goal down, but our legal team has secured the right to appeal the decision.
It will happen fast and we will explain more in the coming days.
Thanks everyone for support, and especially those who joined us and froze with us outside court today.
luckily for me I live just outside the Thames Water area of mismanagement and exploitation. Under the Essex and Suffolk Water jurisdiction. So far no complaints I believe. But this scandal should be a warning for all of us. We pond life bottom feeders need clean water!! So should be alarmed if our neighbours are getting cheated disgracefully. And hope your example to us all is adopted countrywide. There is so much to worry about here in the UK. Including the dreadful water but not forgetting the underlying causes of our British woes. The crime wave that includes the water supply but also the pollution caused by the illegal dumping of waste all over our countryside and beaches. Polluting o…
DSCR Loans are the ideal choice for investors looking for fast, reliable financing options. Apply today in DSCR Loan Iowa, or DSCR Loan Louisiana and take your investments to the next level.
We can all say that the uk is buggered
This is an iniquitous result. Shame on Thames Water, Ofwat and in particularly HMG. Thank you for ploughing on with this, what you have achieved to date is remarkable and we are all behind you.
Well done and thanks to everyone - lets not give up - we WILL get our water back!