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Climate change case against Fonterra, Genesis and major corporates kicks off

Victoria Young
Mon, 03 Feb 2020

Victoria Young
Mon, 03 Feb 2020
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Lawyers for Fonterra, Genesis Energy, Dairy Holdings, NZ Steel, Z Energy, NZ Refining and BT Mining all attended the High Court at Auckland this morning to fight off a claim by climate activist Mike Smith. Smith, chair of the Climate Change Iwi Leaders Group, argues the corporates are liable in public nuisance, negligence or other tort known as Rylands v Fletcher. He is also taking another claim against the government on a similar basis, which is at an early stage. The seven corporates have sought to strike out the claim early, saying...

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