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Russell Hopkins instructed on Top 20 case of 2024 as featured in The Lawyer

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…

09/01/2024
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Russell Hopkins instructed on Top 20 case of 2024 as featured in The Lawyer

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
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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
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Alex Glassbrook appointed Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London

In recognition of his work with Imperial College on the regulation of automated vehicles, Alex Glassbrook has been appointed Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London.

14/12/2021
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How to make Ecocide an International Crime

For a long time, environmental protection has been inadequately enforced. Anne Coulon writes in the 7 January 2021 issue of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. The full article can be found at the link below.

08/01/2021
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Nicholas Chapman successfully defends decision to stop Derbyshire badger cull

Nicholas Chapman appeared on behalf of the Environment Secretary in his successful defence to the judicial review of the decision to prevent the introduction of badger culling in Derbyshire in 2019. The high-profile and important case, which has been widely…

13/05/2020
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