Breakthrough in Parent Company Liability Three Shell Defeats, the End of an Era and New Paradigms

C. Van Dam

doi:10.1515/ecfr-2021-0032

Breakthrough in Parent Company Liability Three Shell Defeats, the End of an Era and New Paradigms

C. Van Dam^*

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Abstract

Two English and two Dutch cases have recently clarified the (potential) liability of parent companies vis-a-vis third parties in relation to damage caused by their subsidiaries. They concern the decisions of the UK Supreme Court in Vedanta v Lungowe and Okpabi v Shell, the Hague Court of Appeal in Oguru v Shell and the Hague District Court in Milieudefensie v Shell (climate change case).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	714-748
Number of pages	35
Journal	European Company and Financial Law Review
Volume	18
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/ecfr-2021-0032
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2021

Keywords

SHAREHOLDER LIABILITY
HUMAN-RIGHTS
DILIGENCE
BUSINESS

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