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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…
Copy of the Judgment can be viewed here.
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…
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,…
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.
