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The UK government has reached a settlement with the family of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, a nine-year-old girl who died in 2013 due to an asthma attack exacerbated by air pollution. This landmark case marks the first time air pollution has been…
Russell Hopkins and Anisa Kassamali are instructed by Pogust Goodhead in what is likely to be the largest ever group action brought in the English Courts: Municipio de Mariana and others v BHP Group. Russell and Anisa are led by…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
