Nov 27, 2023 UK: ClientEarth fail to appeal ruling in Shell climate-related derivative action By Wilma Rix Sara Feijao The UK Court of Appeal has now definitively refused to allow ClientEarth to proceed with a proposed derivative action against the...
Nov 09, 2023 Webinar recording: Human rights litigation - emerging trends and mitigation strategies in key jurisdictions By Susana Cao Miranda Julia Grothaus Rebecca Burton Faye Presland Emily Turnbull +2 more... Show less In recent years, human rights litigation has become an increasingly prominent concern in business supply chains, as interested parties...
Oct 27, 2023 UK High Court decides that Malaysian courts are the proper forum for novel supply chain claim By Faye Presland Susana Cao Miranda Rebecca Burton Christa Band +1 more... Show less In May 2022, 24 claimants issued a claim in the UK High Court seeking damages from two UK domiciled companies in the Dyson group (the “UK...
Aug 02, 2023 UK Court of Appeal confirms derivative action relating to climate change should not proceed By Rebecca Burton Faye Presland Wilma Rix Sara Feijao Lucy Fergusson +2 more... Show less In 2022, the High Court decided that an application for a common law derivative action against the directors of the USS (Universities...
Jul 26, 2023 UK High Court confirms that climate-related derivative action against Shell cannot proceed By Sara Feijao Wilma Rix Two separate UK court judgments in recent days have rejected claims that directors had failed in their duties because of their handling...
Jun 12, 2023 New greenwashing podcast: UK competition, consumer and advertising sphere By Sara Feijao In the new podcast series - Running the greenwashing gauntlet: exploring the litigation and regulatory risks - members of our...
Jun 05, 2023 New podcast series on greenwashing By Sara Feijao Explore our brand new podcast series - Running the greenwashing gauntlet: exploring the litigation and regulatory risks - where members...
May 24, 2023 UK High Court rules that derivative action against Shell plc’s Board in relation to its management of climate risk cannot proceed By Sarah Martin Tara Janus Gabi Benavides Overview The High Court has ruled that ClientEarth’s proposed derivative action against the Board of Shell plc (“Shell”) in relation to...