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Vedanta Resources PLC and another (Appellants) v Lungowe and others (Respondents)
[Full text of the judgment allowing the case to be heard in English courts]
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UK Supreme court rules Zambians can sue Vedanta in English courts
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Maysa Zorob talks Vedanta and Zambian farmers on CNBC Africa
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Implication of UK Supreme Court decision in Vedanta v. Lungowe for supply chain relationships
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Vedanta: Supreme Court rules that Zambians can seek legal redress in the UK against parent company
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Not quite ‘beating your head against a brick wall’: the Supreme Court’s decision in Vedanta v. Lungowe
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Zambian farmers can take Vedanta to court over water pollution. What are the legal implications?
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La Cour suprême du Royaume-Uni autorise des villageois zambiens à poursuivre en justice Vedanta pour pollution
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Vedanta Resources and subsidiary to face justice in the UK over human rights harms in Zambia
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UK: Supreme Court rules Zambian villagers' case against Vedanta to be heard in English courts
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Vedanta Resources PLC and another (Appellants) v Lungowe and others (Respondents)
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UK: Supreme Court rules Zambians can sue miner Vedanta
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Vedanta Resources lawsuit (re water contamination, Zambia)
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Okpabi v Shell and Lungowe v Vedanta Dispel Three Myths
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Vedanta & Konkola Copper Mines settle UK lawsuit brought by Zambian villagers for alleged pollution from mining activities
Press release by Leigh Day following Vedanta Resources' and Konkola Copper Mines' agreed settlement of claims of pollution brought against them by over 2,500 Zambian villagers, including 643 children.
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Leigh Day seminar highlights Lungowe v Vedanta case and its impact on future legal liability of corporations
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Victory over Vedanta
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Le point sur l'affaire Lungowe c. Vedanta autorisant les demandeurs zambiens à poursuivre Vedanta au Royaume-Uni
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Maysa Zorob talks Vedanta and Zambian farmers on CNBC Africa
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Not quite ‘beating your head against a brick wall’: the Supreme Court’s decision in Vedanta v. Lungowe
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Zambian farmers can take Vedanta to court over water pollution. What are the legal implications?
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La Cour suprême du Royaume-Uni autorise des villageois zambiens à poursuivre en justice Vedanta pour pollution
Available languages: français -
Vedanta Resources and subsidiary to face justice in the UK over human rights harms in Zambia
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UK: Supreme Court rules Zambian villagers' case against Vedanta to be heard in English courts
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UK: Supreme Court rules Zambians can sue miner Vedanta
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Vedanta Resources PLC and another (Appellants) v Lungowe and others (Respondents)
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Business and human rights: African mining pollution case could tighten law on parent company liability
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UK lawsuit of Zambian farmers against Vedanta illustrates inequality of arms for people in poorer countries to hold multinationals to account, says expert
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The Vedanta Appeal, Corporate Liability and Access to Justice: Relevance for Myanmar?
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Vedanta tells top English court KCM pollution case should be heard in Zambia
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Statement in Intervention in Vedanta Resources Plc and Another v Lungowe and others
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UK Supreme Court Hears Landmark Case on Corporate Rights Violations
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UK multinationals must respect human rights globally, UK Supreme Court is told
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Landmark jurisdiction case to be heard in Supreme Court: UK mining company may be liable for pollution by Zambian subsidiary
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CORE and ICJ to intervene in UK Supreme Court case
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Legal Briefing Lungowe & Others v Vedanta Resources Plc & Konkola Copper Mines [2017]
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Zambian villagers win right to sue Vedanta in English courts
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Judgment Court of Appeal Lungowe & Others v Vedanta Resources Plc & Konkola Copper Mines
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KCM [Konkola Copper Mines] Announcement
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Court of Appeal upholds ruling that claims by Zambian villagers against mining giant can be heard in UK court
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Vedanta appeals against claim by Zambian villagers
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Leigh Day lawyer arrested in Zambia whilst meeting clients
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Leigh Day demands answers after lawyer arrest in Zambia
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Vedanta to contest UK court pollution ruling, says case should heard in Zambia
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Zambian villagers allowed to take legal action against mining giant in UK
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Zambian villagers win right to have pollution case heard in Britain
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Zambian villagers take Vedanta Resources to court in UK - accuse company of turning water sources to "rivers of acid"
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Company Statement to Media Reports on KCM Mining Activities
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Zambian villagers take mining giant Vedanta to court in UK over toxic leaks
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‘I drank the water and ate the fish. We all did. The acid has damaged me permanently’
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