Human Rights, Foreign Subsidiaries

Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell plc and another - UK Supreme Court provides further clarification on parent company...

Mayer Brown on 3/8/2021

The UK Supreme Court has handed down its judgment in the case of Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another....more

Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell Plc: UK Supreme Court allows Nigerian citizens' environmental damage claim to proceed against UK parent...

White & Case LLP on 2/23/2021

The UK Supreme Court has issued the latest in a series of landmark decisions on parent company liability under English law for claims alleging environmental damage and human rights abuses. In a unanimous reversal of the...more

Vedanta: UK Supreme Court takes the “straitjacket” off claims against parent companies in the English Courts

Hogan Lovells on 4/11/2019

On 10 April 2019, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Vedanta Resources PLC and anor. v Lungowe and others [2019] UKSC 20; a long awaited decision on parent company liability and the jurisdiction of English...more

Delivering value and managing risks: how human rights are relevant for business

White & Case LLP on 4/5/2019

Mounting pressure on businesses to gain clarity on their social and environmental footprint will challenge corporate operations in 2019. New risks are present but there are also opportunities for companies willing actively to...more

Update on tort and human rights claims against UK parent companies based on overseas activities

BCLP on 2/5/2019

The case of Lungowe and others v Vedanta Resources Plc and Konkola Copper Mines Plc has just been before the Supreme Court on the question of whether the courts of England and Wales should hear this overseas claim. In...more

Jurisdiction and parent company liability – Court of Appeal keeps door ajar for extra-territorial human rights related claims

Hogan Lovells on 10/16/2017

The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in a landmark case on jurisdiction and parent company liability (Lungowe and Ors. v Vedanta Resources Plc and Konkola Copper Mines Plc [2017] EWCA Civ 1528). The judgment...more

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