Município De Mariana & Ors v BHP Group (UK) Limited (formerly BHP Group PLC) & Anor

CourtQueen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
JudgeMrs Justice O
Neutral Citation[2024] EWHC 23 (TCC)
Date11 January 2024
Year2024
CounselAlain Choo Choy Kc,Nicholas Harrison,Jonathan Mcdonagh,Russell Hopkins,Grace Ferrier,Nicholas Sloboda,Maximilian Schlote,Michael Bolding
Neutral Citation Number: [2024] EWHC 23 (TCC)
Case No: HT-2022-000304
Case No: HT-2023-000058
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT (KBD)
Royal Courts of Justice
Rolls Building
London, EC4A 1NL
Date: 11 January 2024
Before :
Mrs Justice O'Farrell DBE
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Between :
MUNICÍPIO DE MARIANA
(and the Claimants identified in the Schedules to
the Claim Forms)
- and –
(1) BHP GROUP (UK) LIMITED
(formerly BHP GROUP PLC)
(2) BHP GROUP LIMITED
- and –
VALE SA
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Claimants
Defendants
Third Party
Alain Choo Choy KC, Nicholas Harrison, Jonathan McDonagh, Russell Hopkins and
Grace Ferrier (instructed by Pogust Goodhead, a trading name of PGMBM Law Ltd) for the
Claimants
Nicholas Sloboda and Maximilian Schlote (instructed by Slaughter and May) for the
Defendants
Michael Bolding (instructed by White & Case LLP) for the Third Party
Hearing date: 21st December 2023
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