Tag Archives: duty of care

UK Government Publishes Full Response to Online Harms White Paper

By Latham & Watkins on February 23, 2021 Posted in Data Protection

Organisations face fines of up to 10% of annual global turnover or £18 million (whichever the greater) for failure to comply. By Gail Crawford, Rachael Astin, Alain Traill, and Katie Henshall On 15 December 2020, the UK government published its full response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation, which sets out final proposals for … Continue Reading

Another Key Decision on Corporate Separateness – High Court Finds That There is No Arguable Case for Unilever to be Held Liable for the Acts and Omissions of Kenyan Subsidiary

By Latham & Watkins on May 30, 2017 Posted in Dispute Resolution, Environment

By Paul Davies, Michael Green, Samuel Pape and Charles Rae In a recent decision, the High Court has ruled that Unilever plc (Unilever), the ultimate holding company of the Unilever Group, does not owe a duty of care to protect the employees and residents of a tea plantation owned and operated by a Kenyan subsidiary … Continue Reading