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Author(s): Philip Morgan, James Chapman, Anthony Ong
On 12 May 2023, the High Court of England and Wales dismissed ClientEarth’s application for permission to bring a claim against Shell plc’s (Shell) board of directors (the Directors). This was the fir...
Author(s): Kate Collister, Emma Franck-Gwinnell, Amy Allison
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Author(s): Lorand Bartels, Cara Carr
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Author(s): James Raeside, Kieran Watkins, Vicky Vanderstichele
On 29 March 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution, put forward by the Pacific island of Vanuatu, to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advis...
Author(s): Jonathan Isted, Moritz Becker, Catherine Greenwood-Smith, Emma Franck-Gwinnell, Amy Allison
On 28 March 2023, an expert roundtable with Freshfields and global companies from different sectors met in Brussels with the responsible persons for one of the EU’s most transformative ESG legislative...
Author(s): Christoph H. Seibt, Lea Bareil, Marlen Vesper-Gräske, Natalie Pettinger Kearney
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Author(s): Marie von Falkenhausen, Philipp Reinecke, LL.M., Ulrich Scholz, Merit Olthoff, Hendrik Wessling
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Author(s): Falko Glasow, Daniel Klingenbrunn, Elisabeth Schemmer