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Lungowe v Vedanta Resources plc

[2019] UKSC 20
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtSupreme Court of the United Kingdom
Year2019
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A UK-domiciled parent company may owe an arguable common-law duty of care to those harmed by the operations of a foreign subsidiary where, by the degree of control, supervision, training or public assertions it makes about group-wide standards, it has taken on responsibility for the relevant operations; and such a parent can be sued in England as anchor defendant, founding jurisdiction over the foreign subsidiary.

Area of Law

Tort

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