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U.K. Court Gives the Green Light to Mass Environmental Claim

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In a significant development for environmental litigation in the U.K., the English Court of Appeal has allowed a £5 billion damages claim brought by around 200,000 Brazilian individuals and other persons to proceed against...more

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Claims for overseas environmental harm and human rights infringements proceed in England against UK parent companies

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Last month, the UK Supreme Court overturned the judgment of the Court of Appeal and allowed a claim for damages from claimants in the Niger Delta to proceed against Royal Dutch Shell plc and its local subsidiary Shell...more

King & Spalding

Quantum Quarterly – Issue 12 – 4 Quarter 2020

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Claimant is an Australian joint venture between Chile’s Antofagasta plc and Canada’s Barrick Gold Corporation. In 2006, Claimant became a party to a joint venture agreement between it and the Government of Balochistan with...more

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Washington Court Affirms Assertion of Specific Jurisdiction over Canadian Mining Company

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On September 14th, 2018, the United States (U.S.) Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the Eastern District of Washington (the "Court"), upheld the District Court decision to hold Canadian mining company, Teck Cominco...more

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Canadian Mining Company Strikes Gold in US Court

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Arbitration analysis: Steven Finizio and Manuel Casas at WilmerHale, consider the US District Court’s decision in Crystallex v Venezuela to uphold the $1.2bn damages award and suggest that the case reaffirms the deferential...more

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