UK appeals court to reassess lawsuit against BHP for Brazil dam collapse
07 May 2021 (Last Updated May 7th, 2021 12:19)
The UK Court of Appeal has reportedly agreed to hear an application to reconsider the $6.95bn lawsuit against BHP over the Fundão tailings dam disaster that occurred in Brazil in 2015.
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The oral hearing has been agreed upon by Judge Nicholas Underhill.
Reuters reported Underhill as saying in an order: “I am satisfied that, exceptionally, an oral hearing is appropriate in this case.”
The move reverses an earlier decision made by the Court of Appeal to reject a Brazilian claimant group permission to revive the lawsuit.