Municipio De Mariana & Others v (1) BHP Group PLC (formerly
BHP Billiton) (7) BHP Group Ltd [2020] EWHC 928 (TCC)
The case concerns a large class action arising out of the
collapse of the Fundão Dam in Brazil on 5 November 2015. The
Claimants include over 200,000 individuals, over 500 private
businesses or foundations and 25 municipalities.
The first and seventh defendants applied for an extension of
time, due to the difficulties caused by COVID-19 and measures
introduced to combat the pandemic, for service of evidence in
respect of their application to stay the proceedings on
jurisdictional grounds. The consequence of such an extension would
be the vacation of a 7-day jurisdiction hearing listed for 8 June
2020.
