UK:
Parent Company Liability For Environmental Harm Caused By Overseas Subsidiaries
22 May 2019
Squire Patton Boggs LLP
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Colleagues in the Environmental, Safety and Health practice
group have published an interesting post on the recent Vedanta
Resources decision. In that case, the UK Supreme Court held that a
claim for negligence and breach of statutory duty against a mining
company based in Zambia and its English parent can be heard by the
UK courts.
Click on this link to read more:
https://www.freshlawblog.com/2019/05/01/uk-supreme-court-considering-parent-company-liability-for-environmental-harm-caused-by-overseas-subsidiaries/
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