By 20 October 2026 neither the Environment Agency's news on GOV.UK, nor South West Water's own news page, nor BBC News reported any appeal by South West Water against its £7.87m sentence of 29 September 2026, so no appeal was lodged in the window.
History. 0 of 10 cases (0%). No company in the cases appealed.
Hunch. The Environment Agency says South West Water challenges it at every step, and the judge found it played down its role despite pleading guilty (BBC, The Guardian, 29 Sep 2026).
The appeal market resolves on 21 October 2026 at 10:00 on statements by the Environment Agency (GOV.UK) and South West Water and on BBC News: YES if South West Water lodged an appeal against its 29 September 2026 sentence, on the fine or the conviction, by 20 October 2026. Public criticism of the fine resolves NO, and so does a later appeal allowed out of time.
We looked for cases where a company whose customers cannot switch supplier had already been punished for the same kind of offence, and then got a bigger fine or penalty from a public regulator than any before. We found ten from 2015 to 2025: nine British water companies and one Californian energy company. In none of them did a regulator announce a new fine, penalty or charge against the same company within 30 days.