Legal Focus: The English courts are increasingly willing to hear environmental and ESG-related claims
Insurers can expect to continue to see an uptick in environmental and mass tort group litigation in the English courts and elsewhere in Europe, against the backdrop of climate change-related, plastics and other environmental risks
The English courts are rapidly emerging as a hotspot for environmental litigation against multinationals and the willingness of the courts to hear such claims has shifted, with the potential legal mechanisms for bringing them continuing to be developed
