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From ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ to ‘Corporate Social Liability’?

19 December 2022

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Karl Hofstetter

Update on Parent Company Liability: Okpabi v Shell Reinforces Risks for Companies with Offshore Subsidiaries

The United Kingdom Supreme Court has released its much anticipated judgment in Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell Plc. The Supreme Court unanimously overturned the Court of Appeal’s previous...

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Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

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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