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International Group Claims Seminar 2018

Posted: 12/11/2018

Group claims against companies and states in relation to human rights abuses allegedly carried out by state and private security forces, and in relation to environmental torts, whether current or historical, have become increasingly common in English courts. The issues raised by these claims are often complex, raising difficult questions of conflict of laws, tort, limitation, parent company liability, contribution and claims handling.

2TG’s barristers have been instructed on behalf of individuals, communities, governments and companies in many of the recent leading cases in this field, including the Kenyan Emergency Group Litigation (Mau Mau), the Cyprus Emergency Litigation, African Minerals, Vedanta, Okpabi and Iraqi Civilians.

On 9th November 2018 2TG held its inaugural International Group Claims seminar at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

The following series of talks were given by members of 2TG:

Introduction and Litigation Management (Niazi Fetto)

Anonymous claimants and anonymous witnesses (Robert Cumming)

Dealing with disclosure in historical claims (Clare Brown, Sam Stevens)

Duties of parent companies to employees of subsidiaries and third parties (Andrew Bershadski)

Private International Law issues in international group claims (Charles Dougherty QC)

Corporate responsibility for acts of third parties: attribution, vicarious, and accessory liability (Neil Moody QC)

Authors

Neil Moody KC

Call: 1989 Silk: 2010

Charles Dougherty KC

Call: 1997 Silk: 2013

Niazi Fetto KC

Call: 1999 Silk: 2023

Clare Brown

Call: 1993

Robert Cumming

Call: 2010

Andrew Bershadski

Call: 2010

Sam Stevens

Call: 2014

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