Enforcement data · Sector

Legionella enforcement: retail

1 tracked UK prosecutions in the retail sector, totalling £1m in fines from 2017 to 2017. Every case is drawn from the curated enforcement record and cited to its primary source.

Part of the Legionella Data Index · curated record, last reviewed July 2026

1Prosecutions tracked
£1mTotal fines
£1mLargest single fine
1Involving a death or outbreak
DefendantYearRegionFineProsecutor
JTF Wholesale Limited Death/outbreak
A heated spa pool displayed for sale for months at a Stoke-on-Trent warehouse store caused a 2012 outbreak: 21 people fell ill and three died. The HSE considered corporate manslaughter before accepting a guilty plea to failing to risk-assess and maintain the hot tub. Source
2017 West Midlands £1m HSE

This is a curated record of significant, well-documented cases, not a complete list of every prosecution in the sector, and it skews towards fatal and heavily reported cases. Cases with no fine (a conditional discharge, for example) count as prosecutions but add nothing to the fines total. The full record, the curation rules and the correction policy are on the Legionella Enforcement Tracker.

Past prosecutions show what courts have punished; they say nothing about any individual building. The failings that recur in these cases - no risk assessment, no written scheme, no monitoring records, warnings ignored - are exactly what the baseline controls address.

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