From BBC website Edinburgh Woollen Mill boss Philip Day fined over wood damage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-23550956
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-23550956
Yeah, He's got a bob or two but I would bet he's done more good for conservation than most of us lot on here.
Classic, mustn't criticise because by definition a rich person owning woodland must be a good conservator because after all he must be.
I daresay many on this forum would do better if they had the means but then most do no damage and positively clear-up etc within their abilities.
Apparently the damaging works were carried out without the landowners knowledge, and this was accepted by the prosecution. As it is a strict liability offence, he is still guilty, but it is a mitigating factor. What I don't understand is the claim that the works were necessary because of a landslip. I would have thought felling trees would make the land less stable, not more so. But I don't know all the details......