London | BHP has received a last-minute fillip in its stoush with British law firm Pogust Goodhead, whose $70 billion class action targeting the miner over a catastrophic 2015 Brazilian dam collapse will begin in an English courtroom on Monday.
Brazil’s Supreme Court this week issued a ruling that casts doubt on the legality of Pogust Goodhead’s contracts with almost 50 Brazilian municipal councils that were caught up in the Samarco disaster and are among the class action’s biggest claimants.
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Hans van Leeuwen is The Australian Financial Review’s former Europe correspondent. He is now International Economy editor for The Telegraph UK.
