Lungowe v Vedanta appeal highlights important points regarding parent company liability

This landmark judgment from the Court of Appeal means that 1,826 Zambian villagers can bring a claim in the English courts against UK-based Vedanta and its Zambian subsidiary KCM. This decision raises important questions about whether parent companies can be liable alongside their non-UK subsidiaries for adverse human rights impacts occurring abroad, and leaves open the possibility that parent companies could be liable to communities affected by the operations of their subsidiaries. Click here for more.