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Vedanta Resources PLC and Another (Appellants) v. Lungowe and Others (U.K. Sup. Ct.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2019

Julianne Hughes-Jennett
Julianne Hughes-Jennett*
Affiliation:
Partner in Hogan Lovells' litigation and arbitration practice and head of the firm's Business and Human Rights Group..
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Extract

On April 10, 2019, the U.K. Supreme Court (UKSC) handed down judgment in the case of Vedanta Resources PLC and Another (Appellants) v. Lungowe and Others (Respondents). The case raises important issues regarding jurisdiction and the potential for a duty of care to be imposed on a parent company in respect of harm caused by its subsidiary. The UKSC has also made clear that a duty of care could be imposed in a nonequity relationship such as in relation to a company's supply chain.

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International Legal Documents
Information
International Legal Materials , Volume 58 , Issue 5 , October 2019 , pp. 1114 - 1138
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 by The American Society of International Law 

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ENDNOTES

1 Vedanta Resources PLC and Another (Appellants) v. Lungowe and Others (Respondents), UKSC 2017/0185 (Apr. 10, 2019).

2 Id. ¶ 3.

3 Regulation (EU) No. 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council, 2012 O.J. (L 351).

4 Civil Procedure ¶ 3.1 of CPR Practice Direction 6B.

5 Decision of Coulson J, [2016] EWHC 975 (TCC).

6 [2018] 1 WLR 3575.