One law for rich and another for poor

Sir John Thomas, the Lord Chief Justice, says 'one law for rich and another for poor' as he tells court penalty imposed on Philip Edward Day should not still be outstanding.

The country's most senior judge has criticised the fact a tycoon's £450,000 fine for damage caused to ancient Cumbrian woodland has not yet been paid. Sir John Thomas, the Lord Chief Justice, said the penalty imposed on multi-millionaire Philip Edward Day should not still be outstanding.

"It seems to me there is one law for the rich and another for the poor," he told London's Appeal Court. The judge made his comments after he discovered that the money had not been paid within a 112-day time limit.

Mr Day, 48, who is originally from Stockport, owns the Edinburgh Woollen Mill chain and is estimated to be worth around £300 million.

He was fined £450,000 and ordered to pay the £457,000 costs of his prosecution at Carlisle Crown Court in August last year. And all of this? To improve access for pheasant shooting!

Read more here about the arrogance of Day and his attorneys: 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11276110/Judge-criticises-multi-millionaire-tycoon-over-unpaid-fine-for-illegally-felling-trees.html