13 Dec, 2024 UK: Court of Appeal gives guidance on navigating complex mass environmental claims in Nigerian Oil Spill case By Meg Winton Faye Presland Rebecca Burton David Thomas +1 more... Show less On 6 December 2024, the Court of Appeal (the “Court”) published its reasons for orders made on 11 October 2024 in favour of the Claimants...
09 Nov, 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...
27 Oct, 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...
02 Aug, 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...
26 Jul, 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...