Kenyan farm workers are going through courts in Scotland to sue a tea company they work for. But the boss of James Finlay Kenya says a Scottish court won’t understand the cultural issues that affect the case.
The boss of a tea company being sued by 2,000 Kenyan farm workers has argued a Scottish court would not understand cultural issues that affect the case.The tea pickers say they suffered musculoskeletal injuries because of working conditions.
In a statement submitted to the court, he argued that the Scottish court "would not understand the culture in Kenya." Mr Hutchinson told the court: "Before WIBA, when ambulance chasing was rife in Kenya, lawyers had an incentive to look for injury cases because they could make a lot of money.JFK is part of a multi-national operation which can trace its roots back to 1750 when it was founded by a Glasgow textile merchant.
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