‘Procuring a claim in a foreign jurisdiction does not usually amount to criminal contempt of the English court, the Court of Appeal has ruled in the long-running litigation over the collapse of the Fundão Dam in Brazil. Allowing global mining giant BHP’s appeal and effectively striking out an application for criminal contempt against it, three judges said the company did not act improperly or interfere with the administration of justice in England and Wales by procuring and funding a claim in Brazil.’
Law Society Gazette, 19th March 2026
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
