US EditionThe Farmer Case v. TotalEnergies: a First Admissibility Ruling that Strengthens Climate Case Law
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In a climate trial against the oil and gas company Total Energies, the competent court in Belgium suspended the trial until September. The trial was paused to wait for a verdict in a similar trial in France, the court informed the city of Tournai on Wednesday. Whether there was a verdict in the Belgian trial at the end is unclear.The Belgian cattle farmer Hugues Falys argues that Total as a fossil energy company bears a special responsibility fo…
The decision of the Belgian court in the trial between Belgian farmer Hugues Falys, supported by three NGOs (Human Rights League, Fian Belgium and Greenpeace Belf-gique), and TotalEnergies is not for the moment. By a judgment rendered this...
15:41 A lawsuit filed by a Walloon farmer against the French oil group TotalEnergies has been postponed until September. The farmer wants to hold the group responsible for damages due to extreme ...
The Farmer Case v. TotalEnergies: a first admissibility ruling that strengthens climate case law
The Tournai Commercial Court in Belgium has ruled that the legal action brought by the Farmer Case is admissible. This is a major step forward, as this decision recognises that victims of climate change can take a big polluting company to court in their own country, even if the company in question is not based there. On the merits of the case, the Commercial Court has decided to put the proceedings on hold: it is awaiting the first-instance ruli…
A court in Tournai has suspended the climate lawsuit against Total Energies until September. The decision now depends on a similar case in France, the verdict of which is expected in June.
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