Victims of Brazil’s Mariana dam disaster seek compensation through UK courts

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

More than 200,000 victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster are seeking compensation in a UK court this week, in one of the largest group claims in English legal history.

The claimants, including representatives of Krenak indigenous communities, are fighting to get compensation for the devastation caused by the Mariana dam disaster in November 2015. The £5bn lawsuit is against the Anglo-Australian mining company BHP.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/05/victims-of-brazils-mariana-dam-disaster-seek-compensation-through-uk-courts-aoe

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