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Jul 25 2006: Engineering company Balfour Beatty failed to effectively manage inspection and maintenance of track at the site of the Hatfield rail crash, a final report into the October 2000 accident said yesterday.
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Jul 6 2006: The record £10m fine imposed on the engineering giant Balfour Beatty for negligence over a faulty track which caused the Hatfield rail disaster was cut to £7.5m by the appeal court yesterday, to the dismay of crash victims and relatives.
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Jul 5 2006: Court of Appeal rules that £10m fine for engineering firm Balfour Beatty should be reduced because it is so much more than the £3.5m fine given to the infrastructure company Network Rail over its predecessor's performance in the disaster.
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May 17 2006: The appeal court reserved judgment yesterday on an appeal by the engineering company Balfour Beatty against the record £10m fine imposed on it after the Hatfield rail crash, in which four people died.
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Oct 8 2005:
· Old Bailey judge lambasts Balfour Beatty
· Faulty rail identified 21 months before crash -
Oct 7 2005:
Engineering giant Balfour Beatty was today fined £10m and Network Rail £3.5m for breaking safety rules before the Hatfield rail disaster in which four people died.
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Oct 4 2005: Charges against four men accused after the Hatfield rail disaster have been dropped at the Old Bailey.
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Oct 3 2005: Charges against the remaining four men accused of safety breaches over the Hatfield rail disaster were dropped at the Old Bailey today.
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Sep 8 2005: Ian Jack: To find the real guilty men of the Hatfield train crash, look to those who privatised the railways.
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Sep 7 2005: Old Bailey jury finds Network Rail guilty of safety breaches in Hatfield tragedy five years ago.
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Sep 6 2005:
Network Rail was today convicted at the Old Bailey of breaking safety rules in the months before the Hatfield rail disaster.
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Sep 6 2005:
There will be greater scope for prosecuting companies in the wake of disasters if a crucial bill finally passes through parliament.
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Sep 6 2005: The October 2000 train disaster had far-reaching effects on Britain's railways.
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Jul 19 2005:
The engineering company Balfour Beatty faces a severe fine after it admitted yesterday to breaching safety standards before the Hatfield train disaster.
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Jul 18 2005:
Balfour Beatty today admitted breaching safety standards before the October 2000 Hatfield train crash in which four people died.
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