BHP is facing a demand for at least £189 million in legal costs after a UK court ruled last month that the mining giant was liable for Brazil’s 2015 Mariana dam collapse, the country’s worst environmental disaster, which killed 19 people
Lawyers representing victims told the High Court in London on Wednesday that they were the clear overall winners in the November liability ruling and that BHP should be required to make an immediate interim payment toward costs According to the Financial Times, the claim ranks among the largest legal cost demands in British history
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