Geoff Crawford

This is Nicky Nicholls the person who has turbo powered this campaign and is organising the Group Legal Action.

Hi Everyone, SS Exmouth

What a fantastic meeting last night! The room was packed (thank you to Ocean for hosting us) and the speeches were really insightful (thank you Ollie & John).

For those of you who couldn’t make it, here’s a brief summary:

Leigh Day confirmed that anyone who has been affected by pollution incidents can join the claim – businesses and beach users too (e.g. swimmers, kite surfers, rowers, sailors or dog walkers). The legal action will focus on “public nuisance” which is defined as something which endangers “the life, health, properly, morals or comfort of the public or obstructs a public right”. People do not have to live in Exmouth to join the claim – they just have to be a beach user, or run a business which relies on people who do.

The next step is for everyone who has been affected to register their interest in legal action. This doesn’t commit anyone to anything at this point, but it helps Leigh Day understand more about the scope of who wants to get involved. People can register here: https://leighdaylaw.info/ExmouthSewagePollution?r=qr or email exmouthsewage@leighday.co.uk

Please circulate this brief info, and the sign-up link to everyone on your mailing lists, contacts, members and social media. Feel free to use the attached photo too (I think it’s helpful to see the amount of support there is). Getting this out there in the next week is crucial.

The next step will be when Leigh Day have scoped out the case a bit more and then are ready to sign people up to the action. They will get in touch with everyone who has registered directly.

I hope that makes sense. I’m learning as I go here too!

Thanks for all your support,

Nicky,

Nicky Nicholls, Community & Innovation Lead, Sideshore

Photo credited to Ed Dark. Thanks Ed