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The Implications of the UK Supreme Court's Decision in Vedanta for the Management of Human Rights Risk in Overseas Operations and Supply Chains

Since the US Supreme Court effectively closed the door to foreign, human rights related claims against businesses under the Alien Tort Statute, courts in the UK, Canada and beyond have...

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Update on the responsibility to respect and parent company liability: what the Court of Appeal's judgment in Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another means for UK multinationals

In October 2017, we wrote that the Court of Appeal in Lungowe and others v. Vedanta and KCM [2017] EWCA (Civ) 1528 risked creating a "Catch...

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How Should English Domiciled Multinationals Manage their Human Rights Risk in Light of the Judgment in Lungowe v Vedanta?

Conventionally, the doctrines of separate corporate personality and forum non conveniens insulated English domiciled parent companies from liability for the actions of their foreign subsidiaries. However, developments in English and...

25 October 2017

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A New Era for the UK's Capital Markets? FCA Publishes Proposals to Reform the UK's Capital Markets and IPO Process

The FCA has published various proposals to reshape and enhance the UK's primary markets. The publications form a key part of the FCA's wider work on improving the efficiency...

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Limited Partnership Reform is Coming At Last

This post comes to us from Amelia Stawpert (Senior Associate) of Hogan Lovells International LLP.HM Treasury have completed a consultation process on proposals to change limited partnership legislation for...

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FSOC Review of Asset Management Sector

This post comes to us from Aaron S Cutler and John A Bridge of Hogan Lovells.On 18 April 2016, as part of an on-going process that began...

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