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Rodney Dixon KC and Russell Hopkins success for the President of Mozambique

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…

05/09/2023
News, Judgments
Rodney Dixon KC and Russell Hopkins success for the President of Mozambique

Rodney Dixon KC and Russell Hopkins instructed by the President of Mozambique

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…

31/07/2023
News

Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal against decision permitting those affected by the Fundão Dam collapse in Brazil to bring a claim in the English Courts

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…

12/06/2023
News

High Court directs 9-week trial of BHP’s alleged liability for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster

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…

21/12/2022
News

Publication of a Practitioners’ Handbook on ‘Civil Liability for Human Rights Violations’

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…

23/10/2022
News, Publications

Supreme Court Chamber Pronounces Judgment in Case 002/02

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…

27/09/2022
News
08/07/2022
Judgments

The Court of Appeal unanimously allows the claimants’ appeal in Município de Mariana & Others v BHP

One of the largest ever group actions will now be allowed to proceed in England, following the Court of Appeal’s unanimous judgment [2022] EWCA Civ 951 handed down on 8 July 2022. The catastrophic collapse of the Fundão Dam in…

08/07/2022
News

Expert Group on Secondary Liability for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations

Today and tomorrow, Russell Hopkins is participating in the Second Expert Group Meeting on Rethinking Secondary Liability for International Crimes (SLIC), at the University of Amsterdam. This important project aims to develop a legal framework, based on theory and practice,…

16/06/2022
News

Court of Appeal hear appeal on Mariana Dam Disaster

Today concludes the five day appeal in Mariana & Others v BHP Group Plc where Russell Hopkins has been instructed by PGMBM on behalf of the appellants.

08/04/2022
News

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