Tortious Liability for Subsidiaries

John Southalan; Melanie Noid

Tortious Liability for Subsidiaries

UWA Law School

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Abstract

This paper summarises two cases, currently underway, concerning parent company tortious liability for subsidiaries. In the United Kingdom, Zambian villagers are suing Vedanta Resources plc and in Canada, Eritrean citizens are suing Nevsun Resources Ltd. The paper examines the implications arising from these, internationally, before turning to their relevance to Australian case law around tortious liability for subsidiaries.

Original language	English
Pages	32
Number of pages	35
Volume	47
No.	6
Specialist publication	Brief
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2020

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