On 10 April 2019 the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered judgment in the case of Vedanta v. Lungowe, which concerned the #liability of an English company for #environmental damage caused by its subsidiary in Zambia https://t.co/WXbiGPkTr8
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@AdamBandt About time these destructive bludgers were brought to account. The corporations, their executives and shareholders should where necessary be pursued to recover ill gotten gains. Some interesting recent cases overseas.. https://t.co/pqEngvDlI
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"[access to justice presented in Vedanta v. Lungowe] can be critical in achieving justice – something indispensable to those, who for various reasons, have been forsaken by both their national institutions and the international community." https://t.co/0w1
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RT @SamVarvastian: Can UK fossil fuel companies be held liable for their foreign subsidiaries' contribution to climate change? The Supreme…