The Hague / Victoria / Bhopal / Melbourne / London / /
Company
Shell Petroleum Development Company / Crumb and Sons Limited / Rio Tinto / Royal Dutch Petroleum Co / Atlas Maritime Co SA / CSR Ltd. / Cape Products / Coca-Cola / City University of Hong Kong Law Review / Cape Plc / Thor Chemicals Holdings Ltd / Union Carbide Corporation / Asbestos Products Pty Ltd / Avalon Maritime Ltd / Caparo Industries Plc / Salomon and Co Ltd / Negligent / RTZ Corporation Plc / Royal Dutch Shell Plc / Shell Petroleum Development Co Nigeria Ltd / Drummond Co Inc / Unocal / Cape Industries Plc / of Hong Kong Law Review / Trafigura Ltd / The Guardian / Leigh Day & Co / /
Country
Netherlands / Myanmar / South Africa / United States / Australia / Nigeria / United Kingdom / India / /
Currency
USD / ATS / /
Event
Legal Issues / Product Issues / Labor Issues / /
Facility
South Gauteng High Court / Rossing mine / Supreme Court of Victoria / City University of Hong Kong Law Review / English High Court / /
IndustryTerm
conventional tort law remedies / hazardous chemical technology / owned subsidiary / human rights law / favourable law / oil / dust prevention systems / alleged oil pollution damage / law states / local law / oil spills / media attention arising / tort systems / energy giant / mining / gold miners / customary international human rights law / actual employer / /
NaturalFeature
Cape Plc. / /
Organization
US Center for Constitutional Rights and EarthRights International / New South Wales Court of Appeal / Supreme Court / Burmese military / City University of Hong Kong / English High Court / UK Court of Appeal / US Supreme Court / English Court of Appeal / UN Court / European Union / South Gauteng High Court / City University / /
Person
Maurice Kay / Spencer / Gordon Lawyers / Wren / Chandler / /
Position
independent contractor / consultant / author / contractor / Professor / Major / Special Counsel / scientific officer / /
Tort Litigation against Multinational Corporations for Violation of Human Rights: An Overview of the Position Outside the United States Richard Meeran* Over the past 17 years, conventional tort litigation has been increa