Litigating about where to Litigate: Vedanta Resources PLC v Lungowe [2019] UKSC 20

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multinational corporations, Africa, Litigate

Abstract

This is the latest judgment in a case brought by African claimants against a big multinational corporation (MNC) and its African subsidiary in the United Kingdom (UK) for harm suffered as a result of the activities of the subsidiary in Africa. Two similar appeals are currently pending in England.

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Author Biography

Elsabe Schoeman, University of Pretoria

Department of Private Law

Faculty of Law
University of Pretoria
South Africa

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Published

2019-12-31

How to Cite

Schoeman, Elsabe. 2019. “Litigating about Where to Litigate: Vedanta Resources PLC V Lungowe [2019] UKSC 20”. Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 52 (3):445-57. https://unisapressjournals.co.za/index.php/CILSA/article/view/6591.

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 3 (2019)

Section

Case Note

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© Published by the Department of Public, Constitutional and International Law, University of South Africa and Unisa Press.

Received 2019-07-17
Accepted 2019-07-30
Published 2019-12-31