Lawyer prepares silicosis class action suit against top South Africa miners
Nearly 7,000 plaintiffs from South Africa and Lesotho have so far signed up to a class action suit against four South African gold companies, claiming they were responsible for the workers having contracted deadly silicosis. The principal targets of the suit are...Global justice under threat from Legal Aid plans
The UK government is proposing to change the system so that lawyers’ success fees and the insurance premiums would be paid out of the damages awarded to the victim instead of being paid by the losing company. In practice this would make bringing a court case...UN Human Rights Council establishes an Independent Expert on Human Rights and the Environment
CIEL and Earthjustice, working closely with Maldives, Costa Rica and Switzerland, obtained from the UN Human Rights Council a resolution on Human Rights & Environment that establishes an Independent Expert on Human Rights and the Environment. This Council...Bumi approves shake-up but Nat Rothschild to stay on
The board of Indonesian coal miner Bumi Plc has approved a shake-up that will bring in a new chairman after demands from key investors but will also retain co-founder Nat Rothschild as director. See...BHP Billiton's uranium mine expansion challenged in court
MEDIA RELEASE Monday 2nd April OLYMPIC DAM APPROVAL CHALLENGED IN FEDERAL COURT THIS WEEK David and Goliath: Kevin Buzzacott v Federal Environment Minister, SA Government and BHP Billiton Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, Aboriginal Elder of the Arabunna Nation in Northern South...Launch of Greenwash Gold 2012 Campaign
London Mining Network, UK Tar Sands Network and Bhopal Medical Appeal have launched our ‘Greenwash Gold 2012′ Campaign. See the campaign website at http://www.greenwashgold.org/ and vote for the company you think should win Greenwash Gold.