More than 50 trade union members have won compensation totalling £1.9m after major construction firms admitted that they had been unlawfully blacklisted and denied work. The compensation will be paid …
Vedanta Resources PLC v Lungowe
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, found that a claim brought by a group of Zambian villagers against Vedanta Resources Plc and its Zambian subsidiary, Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), could …
UK Supreme Court rules Zambians can sue miner Vedanta
Thousands of Zambian villagers can bring a legal challenge in the English courts against mining company Vedanta over alleged pollution in Zambia, the UK’s highest court ruled on Wednesday. The Supreme Court said …
Antuzis & Ors v DJ Houghton Catching Services Ltd & Ors [2019] EWHC 843 (QB) (08 April 2019)
The High Court ruled in favour of a group of Lithuanian men who were put to work in terrible conditions by a British company, catching chickens at farms all over …
High Court rules chicken catcher bosses exploited workers in modern slavery case
The High Court has ruled in favour of a group of Lithuanian men who were put to work in terrible conditions by a British company, catching chickens at farms all …
The UK Modern Slavery Act: more for the ‘saviours’ than the ‘saved’
“Whose reality counts?” the author and professor of development Robert Chambers once asked. His reflections on participation should be incorporated into all areas of public policy. This past Tuesday the UK …
Gig economy: worker loses Pimlico Plumbers holiday pay claim
A heating engineer who won a claim against Pimlico Plumbers at the supreme court, establishing he was a worker and not self-employed, has lost his bid to claim £74,000 in holiday pay …
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Commentary: Jurisdiction, access to remedy in business and human rights cases, and the corporate structure: A tale of two cases
This note introduces two cases, both concerned with liability under a duty of care of parent companies, the obligation of ‘due diligence’ in supply chain operations and the obstacles presented …