Private international law and substantive liability issues in tort litigation against multinational companies in the English courts: recent UK Supreme Court decisions and post-Brexit implications

IF 0.3 Q3 LAW
Mukarrum Ahmed
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Abstract

This article examines the private international law and substantive liability issues in tort claims against UK based parent companies for the actions of their foreign subsidiaries. Arguments drawn from private international law’s largely untapped global governance function inform the analysis and the methodological pluralism manifested in the jurisdictional and choice of law solutions proposed. The direct imposition of duty of care on parent companies for torts committed by foreign subsidiaries is examined as an exception to the bedrock company law principles of separate legal personality and limited liability. In this regard, the UK Supreme Court’s recent landmark decisions in Vedanta v Lungowe and Okpabi v Shell have granted jurisdiction and allowed such claims to proceed on the merits in the English courts. This article assesses these decisions and their significance for transnational corporate accountability. The post-Brexit private international law regime and its implications for the viability of tort claims against parent companies are examined.
英国法院针对跨国公司的侵权诉讼中的国际私法和实质性责任问题:最近英国最高法院的判决和脱欧后的影响
本文探讨了针对英国母公司外国子公司行为的侵权索赔中的国际私法和实体责任问题。从国际私法在很大程度上尚未开发的全球治理职能中得出的论点为所提出的管辖权和法律选择解决方案中所体现的分析和方法多元化提供了依据。将外国子公司侵权行为直接强加给母公司的注意义务作为独立法人资格和有限责任的基本公司法原则的例外进行了审查。在这方面,英国最高法院最近在韦丹塔诉伦戈韦案和Okpabi诉壳牌案中作出的具有里程碑意义的裁决授予了管辖权,并允许此类索赔在英国法院根据案情进行。本文评估了这些决定及其对跨国公司问责制的意义。研究了英国脱欧后的国际私法制度及其对母公司侵权索赔可行性的影响。
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