Law Pod UK latest: Toxic Torts
11 December 2023
Episode 190: join environmental law expert David Hart KC of 1 Crown Office Row and Roy Harrison, professor of public health and expert in airborne emissions of Birmingham University, for a fascinating and disturbing discussion of two cases concerning the contamination of the environment in countries where enforcement standards are not as strong as they are in the West. You will hear both the scientific details of how these contaminants behave when they get into the environment, and the practicalities of getting class actions going in the courts to bring the polluters to book.
One of the main cases discussed in this episode is still ongoing so no citation is available. Details of the Trafigura case can be derived from the Court of Appeal’s cost assessment following the settlement of the case Yao Essaie Motto and others v (1)Trafigura Limited and (2) Trafigura Beheer BV.
We have the Royal Society of Chemists to thank for this interesting discussion, in particularly the Society’s Toxicology Group which held a seminar in November to bring scientists and lawyers together to explore current perspectives on environmental toxic tort claims and review recent cases.
