Since 2005 it is alleged that the Nchanga Cooper Mine in Zambia has been pumping out toxic chemicals into the water supply and caused havoc for the local population who now demand compensation. As the parent company is domiciled in the UK the claimants initiated
When a bank fails it is split up into a ‘good bank’ and a ‘bad bank’. The assets and liabilities that pass to each can vary but after it was decided that a large debt owed by the former Portuguese bank ‘Banco Espírito Santo’ would
Ms Moreno was involved in a serious accident with an uninsured driver when on holiday in Greece. Should the compensation she is owed be based on UK or Greek law? The Supreme Court resolves an apparent contradiction between UK and EU law. Music from bensound.com
When a case drags on for almost 15 years without a resolution something has to be done to offer some finality. The Court of Appeal hoped to do this by remitting this Nigerian enforcement action to the Commercial Court but when they also required a
When torts occur across national boundaries as is often the case nowadays in a globalised world there can be some dispute as to the jurisdiction that should hear the case. This was especially complicated in the context of this case where there was an exclusive