The decision reverses an earlier ruling in which Slaughter and May had successfully argued that English courts were the wrong jurisdiction for the case. BHP faces claims from more than 200,000 individuals impacted by the 2015 collapse of a dam at the Samarco iron ore complex in Brazil.
July 12, 2022 at 05:23 PM
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Latin America Correspondent
A U.K appellate court has given the green light to more than 200,000 claimants to pursue compensation for damages caused by a devastating dam collapse at a mine co-operated by BHP Group Inc. in Brazil.
The decision overrides an earlier ruling that denied jurisdiction to the English courts to hear the case, with Slaughter and May arguing on behalf of BHP that those impacted by the deadly disaster should pursue claims in Brazil.
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The 2015 collapse of a dam co-owned by Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP resulted in waste flowing into communities, buried villages and caused extensive environmental damage in southeastern Brazil. Photo: Rogério Alves/TV Senado via Wikimedia Commons
