Caseload 2024: Climate change key area for commercial litigators

Caseload 2024: Climate change key area for commercial litigators
Bell Gully's Sophie East says climate change litigation growing (Image: Bell Gully)
Victoria Young
Climate change issues are only on the up, according to top lawyers canvassed by BusinessDesk in this year’s litigation outlook for 2024.“New cases in the climate change area are a big international trend – there appears to be greater activism,” said Bell Gully partner Sophie East.East said corporate lawyers were eagerly anticipating a ruling from the­­­ supreme court in Mike Smith v Fonterra, where the climate activist was taking on some of New Zealand’s biggest corporates.“The case is incred...

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