UK court to hear case brought by victims of Brazil’s Mariana dam collapse

Court of appeal judgment gives go-ahead to lawsuit against mining company BHP over 2015 disasterMore than 200,000 victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster will have their case heard in a UK court, making it the largest group claim in English legal history.The lawsuit is against the Anglo-Australian mining company BHP – one of the biggest companies in the world – for their involvement in the collapse of the Mariana dam in 2015, which released toxic mining waste down 400