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The Court of Appeal (the Chancellor of the High Court, Underhill and Phillips LJJ) today handed down a unanimous judgment upholding the decision of Mr Justice Robin Knowles CBE that His Excellency President Nyusi, the sitting President of Mozambique, has…
The appeal is one of The Lawyer’s Top 10 appeals of 2024. The Privinvest group of companies had sought to join President Nyusi as a Part 20 defendant in the so-called Tuna Bonds litigation currently before the Commercial Court. In…
We are delighted to announce the launch of TGC’s new blog, Collective Redress, Business and Human Rights! This blog is dedicated to providing practitioners with punchy, and hopefully interesting, takes on some of the most topical issues in the…
Instructed by Pogust Goodhead on what is likely to be the largest ever group action brought in the English Courts – Municipio De Mariana and others v BHP Group and Vale (fixed 3 Oct 24 for 11 weeks) . Russell is…
In a judgment handed down on 4 September 2023, Mr Justice Robin Knowles held that the sitting President of Mozambique, His Excellency President Nyusi, is entitled to immunity in respect of a Part 20 Claim brought against him by the…
Rodney Dixon KC and Russell Hopkins have been instructed by the President of Mozambique, His Excellency President Nyusi, in respect of proceedings in the Commercial Court. In 2019, the Republic of Mozambique brought claims worth over $2 billion…
The collapse of the Fundão Dam in November 2015 has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Brazil’s history. The claimants seek to establish BHP’s liability for the collapse. In 2019 BHP applied for the claims to be struck…
Following a two-day directions hearing, Mrs Justice O’Farrell has today directed a trial date to consider BHP’s alleged liability for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, the collapse of the Fundão Dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais. The first stage trial will be…
The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights has published a remarkable handbook on civil liability for human rights violations. The handbook covers 19 jurisdictions, with Russell Hopkins of Temple Garden Chambers contributing the chapter on England & Wales. The handbook is…
The Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has pronounced judgment on the appeals in Case 002/02. This is the final milestone in the ECCC’s completion plan. Members of Chambers were involved, in different…
