BHP faces $47 billion UK lawsuit over Brazilian dam collapse
LONDON - A hearing in a lawsuit against BHP over Brazil's worst environmental disaster, the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam, will begin at London's High Court on Monday, with claimants seeking up to 36 billion pounds in damages.
BHP, the world's biggest miner by market value, is contesting liability and says the London lawsuit, one of the largest in English legal history, duplicates legal proceedings and reparation and repair programmes in Brazil. Pogust Goodhead, the law firm representing the claimants, said in a statement the English lawsuit is"the only way to truly hold BHP accountable".
The London High Court hearing will last up to 12 weeks and will consider whether BHP is liable to the claimants under Brazilian environmental law.
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