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United Kingdom duty of carepure economic loss

Begum v Maran (UK) Ltd

[2021] EWCA Civ 326
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtEngland and Wales Court of Appeal
Year2021
StatusBinding authority

Summary

A parent company may owe an arguable duty of care to workers injured during shipbreaking in Bangladesh where the company sold an end-of-life vessel for demolition.

Key Principle

shipbreaking; parent company duty of care to workers in Bangladesh; arguable duty where end-of-life vessel sold for demolition

Area of Law

tort

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