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15 May 2009
Now, here's an intriguing turn-up for the books. After months of taking it on the chin over its highly disruptive but arguably long overdue major mains replacement programme in the capital, Thames Water has finally cracked.
Well, that's how it seems to Disconnector now that the country's biggest water company has decided to go to court.
Thames has taken exception to being called "utterly useless" by a professional body, the august Institution of Engineering and Technology. The water company has issued a High Court writ against the institution, accusing it of making defamatory allegations in its magazine and on its website.
The item that annoyed Thames was headlined "London water wars". In the writ, Thames Water complains that it was made to look "so utterly useless" that despite the wettest August for a century, "its incompetence was of such magnitude that it had been responsible for water shortages".
Thames is demanding an injunction and libel damages of more than £300,000.
Disconnector thinks that the company is being a tad sensitive. And ill-advised. It may get its day in court, but those unflattering comments from a rather obscure website and specialist magazine will also get an airing.
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