Landmark judgment for health and safety in overseas countries

• Author:
• Marc Hanson

In a landmark judgment last month, the House of Lords ruled that personal injury claims against Cape plc, incorporated in England but operating asbestos mines in South Africa, could be brought by the South African workers in English courts.The Lords said that the claimants would not be able to get justice in South Africa (because of the lack of legal aid and inexperience of lawyers in South Africa) and that because Cape exercised control over the South African operations, it owed a duty of ca... (120 more words)

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