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Provided by Richard Meeran
Richard is Partner and Head of the International Department.
He pioneered ground-breaking cases against multinationals, transforming English law on parent company liability. His work includes cases for South African mercury poisoning victims against Thor Chemicals, South African asbestos miners against Cape plc, Connelly v Rio Tinto, and a torture complicity claim by Peruvian environmental protesters against Monterrico. Richard led the team assisting South African lawyers in gold miners’ silicosis litigation, leading to the landmark Q(h)ebeka Trust. He is involved in a South African lead poisoning class action against Anglo American for Zambian children.
He won the 2002 Liberty/Justice Human Rights Lawyer of the Year Award “[f]or his commitment to protection of workers' rights to decent working conditions and a safe environment, through ensuring access to justice for workers injured by UK multinational corporations abroad”.
Richard has spoken frequently at international venues, including the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights. He is a member of the Drafting Team of the Hague Rules on BHR Arbitration.
Richard has published extensively on BHR, including, ‘Multinational Human Rights Litigation in the UK: A Retrospective’ in 10-years anniversary edition of the BHR Journal. He is Editor of ‘Human Rights Litigation against Multinationals in Practice’
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Based in London, Richard Meeran routinely advises on significant civil litigation and class actions against corporations. He gains praise for his work on behalf of claimants for a range of environmental harms and human rights abuses, often related to issues caused by extractive industries.
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"Richard Meeran has got a remarkable depth of knowledge. He's been in this field longer than most people and he has fabulous comparative expertise across different countries."
"Richard Meeran is a top lawyer."
"Richard Meeran has got a remarkable depth of knowledge. He's been in this field longer than most people and he has fabulous comparative expertise across different countries."
"Richard Meeran is a top lawyer."
3 items provided by Leigh Day
Shipbreaking judgment is timely reminder of shipping companies' liabilities
In July 2020, a High Court judgment in Begum v Maran [2020] EWHC 1846 (QB) was handed down where, for the first time, an English court has grappled with the controversial issue of “shipbreaking”.
Settlement agreed with Petra Diamonds Limited following claims of serious human rights abuses
A settlement has been agreed with Petra Diamonds Limited following claims of serious human rights abuses at its majority-owned Williamson diamond mine in Tanzania
Shipbreaking judgment: The shipping industry and the law of negligence
Oliver Holland and Rachel Bonner discuss the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Hamida Begum (on behalf of MD Khalil Mollah) v Maran (UK) Limited.
Shipbreaking judgment is timely reminder of shipping companies' liabilities
In July 2020, a High Court judgment in Begum v Maran [2020] EWHC 1846 (QB) was handed down where, for the first time, an English court has grappled with the controversial issue of “shipbreaking”.
Settlement agreed with Petra Diamonds Limited following claims of serious human rights abuses
A settlement has been agreed with Petra Diamonds Limited following claims of serious human rights abuses at its majority-owned Williamson diamond mine in Tanzania
Shipbreaking judgment: The shipping industry and the law of negligence
Oliver Holland and Rachel Bonner discuss the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Hamida Begum (on behalf of MD Khalil Mollah) v Maran (UK) Limited.
