International corporates are coming under growing pressure from claimants seeking to hold them liable for acts committed overseas, often by subsidiaries or suppliers. Claimant firms in the U.S. and the UK are finding...more
The Court of Appeal recently allowed a group action comprising more than 200,000 victims of an environmental disaster in Brazil to go ahead in the English High Court. The claim was originally dismissed by the High Court for...more
New Sustainable Batteries Regulation: Reflections from our Global Products Law team
Following the closure of the European Commission’s recent consultation period, the European Parliament and Council are set to consider a...more
In Okpabi & Others v Royal Dutch Shell & Another the Supreme Court has applied the principles around parent company liability it set out in Lungowe v Vedanta Resources Plc, to hold that a claim against an English domiciled...more
2/15/2021
/ Foreign Jurisdictions ,
Infrastructure ,
Liability ,
Nigeria ,
Oil & Gas ,
Omissions ,
Parent Corporation ,
Pipelines ,
Royal Dutch Petroleum ,
Subsidiaries ,
UK ,
UK Supreme Court
On 18 February 2020, the French Ministry of Economy and Finance announced the launch of a new online platform called SignalConso, an easy-to-use public service enabling individuals to report any consumer law issue they may...more
The Court of Appeal returned a ruling on 27 February 2020 that the UK government's policy statement which included the government's approval of the Heathrow expansion was unlawful because it did not consider the impact of the...more
3/17/2020
/ Airports ,
Aviation Industry ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Net Zero ,
Paris Agreement ,
Policy Statement ,
Real Estate Development ,
UK ,
Urban Planning & Development