The long-running class action brought by 30,000 claimants against oil company Trafigura has settled for £30m. The settlement, approved by Mr Justice MacDuff yesterday (23 September) will see the claimants, represented by Leigh Day & Co, receive £950 each. The class action claimed that they were poisoned by 'slops' - toxic waste dumped near Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 2006.
September 24, 2009 at 08:25 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
The long-running class action brought by 30,000 claimants against oil company Trafigura has settled for £30m.
The settlement, approved by Mr Justice MacDuff yesterday (23 September) will see the claimants, represented by Leigh Day & Co, receive £950 each. The class action claimed that they were poisoned by ‘slops’ – toxic waste dumped near Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 2006.
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