The descent into public farce of the fight over who represents 620,000 Brazilian claimants in the Mariana dam mega-case is a litigation PR case study in its own right. Here, litigation PR adviser Michael Evans explains why the lessons run well beyond one firm.
Five firms are now involved on the claimant side of the largest group litigation the English courts have seen, with up to £36bn at stake. Three cannot agree on which is instructed, and the Stage 2 trial on causation and quantum is listed from April 2027, which will come round fast.
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