March 28, 2024

List of group litigation orders – GOV.UK

110. Arkwright In Vessel Composting Site Group Litigation

Date of Order: 17 August 2022

Judge: Mr Justice Eyre

Court: The High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Nottingham District Registry

Managing Court: The Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, Nottingham District Registry, 60 Canal Street, Nottingham, NG1 7EJ

Lead Solicitors: Hugh James of Two Central Square, C…….

110. Arkwright In Vessel Composting Site Group Litigation

Date of Order: 17 August 2022

Judge: Mr Justice Eyre

Court: The High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Nottingham District Registry

Managing Court: The Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, Nottingham District Registry, 60 Canal Street, Nottingham, NG1 7EJ

Lead Solicitors: Hugh James of Two Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS

Defining Issues:

  • Whether the Defendant is liable to the Claimants in private nuisance by reason of odour emissions from the Arkwright In Vessel Composting facility, Deepsick Lane, Arkwright, Derbyshire, S44 5DN (“the Site”) during the period, or during periods within the period from 9th July 2014 to the date hereof and continuing;
  • Whether or not odour emitted from the Site if any, has been of such a degree as to constitute an actionable private nuisance to the Claimants, and if so to constitute an actionable private nuisance to the Claimants during what period or periods within the overall period set out in paragraph 3(a) above;
  • What are the (i) meteorological conditions, and (ii) distances in different directions from the Site, beyond which the Claimants’ complaints of odour emissions from the Site are unlikely to have constituted an actionable private nuisance;
  • Whether or not any of the Claimants are entitled to injunctive relief and the terms on which any such relief should be granted;
  • The levels of damages which should be awarded to the Claimants if their claims are proven.

109. The Nchanga Copper Mine Group Litigation

Date of Order: 16 March 2020
Judge: TBA
Court: The High Court of Justice, Technology and Construction Court, Queen’s Bench Division
Managing Court: The Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2A 2LL
Lead Solicitors: Leigh Day of Priory House, 25 St John’s Lane, Farringdon, London EC1M 4LB and Hausfeld & Co LLP of 12 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DW

Defining Issues:

  1. What is the correct interpretation of the principles of the law of negligence, nuisance and trespass which are relied upon in the claims in the Group Litigation Claims as a matter of Zambian law?
  2. Whether the First and/or the Second Defendant owed the Claimants a duty of care at common law in respect of the conduct of mining and mineral processing operations relied on in the claims.
  3. In the event that the First and/or Second Defendant is found to owe a duty of care to the Claimants, what is the applicable standard of care in respect of the …….

    Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/group-litigation-orders/list-of-group-litigation-orders