Bravo and Ors v Amerisur Resources Ltd - Re The Amerisur plc Putumayo Group Litigation 2023 EWHC 122 KB - 26 January 2023
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2023
Summary
The claimants, who live in remote rural communities in the Putumayo region of Colombia, seek damages from the defendant pursuant to articles 2341 and 2356 of the Colombian Civil Code ('the Civil Code'), and in reliance on Decree 321/1999, in respect of environmental pollution caused by a spill (or spills) of crude oil on 11 June 2015. The claimants' two causes of action are pleaded under the headings (i) guardianship of a dangerous activity and (ii) negligence. It is common ground between the parties that the oil spillage was the result of deliberate acts by a terrorist organisation, FARC (an abbreviation of Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, meaning Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia).