Mr Justice MacDuff decided that the professional relationship was sufficiently close so as to impose responsibility.
Mr Macduff also said he was satisfied the authority was now in "full and proper health".
Macduff, which is based in Mintlaw near Peterhead, acquired Scott Trawlers for an undisclosed sum.
Wild shellfish processor Macduff Shellfish has bought one of the UK's largest scallop fishing fleets.
Apart from Fraserburgh, the towns with the largest price rises were Peterhead, Macduff, Cove Bay and Inverbervie.
At the hearing at Stafford Crown Court, Mr Justice Macduff described the deaths as a "dreadful accident".
Mr Justice MacDuff told the jury Green admitted the unlawful killing of Lia but without the intent to kill.
The acquisition is part of plans by Macduff to double the size of its business in the next five years.
Mr Justice Macduff decided the professional relationship between a priest and his bishop was sufficiently close so as to impose responsibility.
In Macduff Street half of the flats are empty, with steel-shuttered windows.
At the Court of Appeal, Sir Hugh Bennett, sitting with Lord Justice Laws and Mr Justice MacDuff, reduced the publican's "manifestly excessive" sentence.
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Martin Winter's lawyers argued the victims had put themselves in danger but Mr Justice MacDuff said on Tuesday they could not have known the peril they were in.
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Last year Mr Justice MacDuff gave a decision in favour of a woman, who claims she was raped and assaulted as a child by a priest of the diocese.
Mr Justice MacDuff said Mr Winter had no hope of defending the damages claims against 13 claimants but left it open for him to argue that Mr Wembridge was partly at fault.
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Mr Macduff said the fine given "in no way" summed up the cost of the four men's lives but reflected deficiencies in record-keeping and information given to fire crews at the time.
Chart-topper Thom, originally from Macduff, Banffshire, and who is now based in south London, is said to have clinched a major record deal after webcasting a series of successful concerts from her basement.
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