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Online | Litigating Human Rights and Environmental Cases Against Multinational Corporations
24 February 2021, 6:00 pm–7:00 pm
This lecture is part of the International Law Association (British Branch) Lecture Series
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UCL Laws
Litigating human rights and environmental cases against multinational corporations in the UK courts – the emerging jurisprudence on parent company liability
Speaker: Daniel Leader (Leigh Day)
Chair: Professor Barnali Choudhury (UCL Laws)
About the Event
Daniel Leader will speak about recent litigation against multinationals, with a particular focus on the Vedanta and Shell cases in the Supreme Court.
About the Speaker
Daniel Leader specialises in international human rights and environmental law, with a particular focus on business and human rights. He has extensive experience of cases against parent companies, complex group actions and mass tort claims, as well as cross-border disputes and jurisdictional issues. Daniel was part of the legal team in Lungowe v Vedanta and Okpabi v Shell, both of which went to the Supreme Court and have set the parameters for parent company litigation going forward.