In one of the largest claims in English legal history, 200,000 people affected by the 2015 incident will have their case heard this week
burst, it released 40m cubic metres of toxic mining waste, killing 19 people and affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands more. The brown, polluted sludge spilled down the River Doce in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, flowing for 400 miles into the Atlantic Ocean. Thousands were made homeless and livelihoods centred on the river were destroyed.
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