BHP successfully applies to strike out 200,000 claims as abuse of process
In the recent decision of Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group plc [2020] EWHC 2930 (TCC), Turner J has struck out, as an abuse of process, the claims of 202,600 Claimants arising out of the collapse of the Fundão Dam in Brazil. The claims had been brought in England against BHP Group plc and BHP Group Ltd. This was understood to be the largest ever group claim in England (by number of individual claimants).