London | The England-based class action against BHP is “the largest in history”, say the lawyers behind the suit, after they added half a million new claimants in the past three months and said the compensation demand could mount to £36 billion ($66 billion).
The long-running lawsuit, which has 700,000 claimants attached to it and which is set down for trial in April next year, will try to hold BHP financially liable for damages from the 2015 Samarco dam disaster in Brazil.
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